Reliquary Box for the Arm of St. John the Baptist

First half of the 14th century
Painted wood
The Louvre, Paris

The saint is shown with wings and carrying the platter on which his head was presented to Herodias. He wears the usual camel skin under a toga-like outer garment. His right hand holds a book open to a passage I am unable to make out.

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Photographed at the Louvre by Claire Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.