Line drawing of Brother William, Englishman and companion of St Francis. Brother William is depicted with bare feet, hands covered in a gesture of humility and an ordinary rope round his waist. Drawn by Matthew Paris (1200-1259) a Benedictine monk, English chronicler, artist in illuminated manuscripts and cartographer, based at St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire. Dated 13th Century

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