Pope Gregory I depicted in late 9th century French costume. Saint Gregory the Great, bishop of Rome, 540-604, holding an antiphonary, with a bird representing the Holy Spirit, two priests studying his books. S. Gregoire le Grand. Taken from the Sacramentaire de Charles le Chauve, Latin MS 1141, F3r. Chromolithograph by Mathieu after an illustration by Gsell from Charles Louandre’s Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

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