Sacred Art & Iconography
Portrait of Saint Brigid of Kildare (Rijksmuseum, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493)
Woodcut, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493, Rijksmuseum
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A woodcut portrait inscribed "Brigida virgo," made for Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, the Nuremberg Chronicle, printed in 1493, showing a holy nun with hands folded in prayer within a flower chalice. Brigid of Kildare is remembered as abbess of Kildare and one of the patron saints of Ireland, associated with healing, poetry, smithcraft and hospitality, her feast falling on the day of the older festival of Imbolc. Held today by the Rijksmuseum.
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The woodcut's own inscribed title, "Brigida virgo," together with its placement in the Liber Chronicarum and two independent secondary records, identify the figure as Brigid of Kildare.
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