Predella of the Holy Ghost: Detail, St. Martin and the Beggar

In this panel of the predella St. Martin wears the garb of a Byzantine military officer as he cuts his mantle in half for the half-naked beggar. Except for the garb, this could be any Western image of the episode.

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Photographed at the Franciscan Museum, Dubrovnik, by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.