Initial Letter H

Book Title: Historias de idacio obispo, qve escrivio poco antes qve España se perdiese. De Isidoro, Obispo de Badajoz ... De Sebastiano, Obispo de Salamanca ... De Sampiro, Obispo de Astorga ... De Pelagio, Obispo de Ouiedo ... Nunca hasta agora impressas, con otras notas tocantes a estas historias, y reyes dellas. Recogidas por Fray Prudencio de Sandoual ...

Author: Sandoval, Prudencio de, ca. 1560-1620, comp.

Image Title: Initial Letter H

Description: Death takes a bishop by the arm, even though the bishop holds his crozier close. In the background, a farmer tends livestock, an ox and a lamb. The juxtaposition between the literal and metaphorical shepherds is traditional.

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