Mohammed and the Monk Sergius, Lucas van Leyden, 1508

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Mohammed and the Monk Sergius, 1508, Engraving, sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 7/16 in. ( x cm) (trimmed to plate line), Prints, Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, Leiden ca. 1494–1533 Leiden), The subject of this print is a rarely illustrated episode from the popular medieval book The Travels of Sir John Mandeville. One night, while Mohammed, the monk's student, was asleep, his men killed the hermit with Mohammed's own sword and put it back into its sheath

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Size: 3976px × 5206px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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