Medal of the Virgin with Saint Francis
Medal: Our Lady of Guadalupe / Saint Francis of Assisi.
- Obverse: Image of the Virgin of Guadalupe with the Child on her left, on a cherub and supported by two angels. He wears an imperial crown, a scepter in his right hand and a decorated mantle. At the bottom, two watermarks.
Legend • S [ANTA] ✱ MA [RIA] • DE ✱ • • GVADALVP [E] •
- Reverse: Inside the border of the Franciscan cord with three knots: scene of the stigmatization of Saint Francis of Assisi. The saint in Franciscan habit, cloaked and kneeling to the left with outstretched arms, watching the arrival of the seraphim with the figure of a crucified man on his head. Next to him a seated figure of Brother León with an open book.
- Issuing order: Possibly Franciscans. Size: 19 x 13 mm. (with handle and nipples: 26 x 17 mm.), weight: 1.49 g. Bronze. Late XVI's
This medal of the Virgin of Guadalupe is one of the oldest, due to the style of the crown, the scepter and the mantle. In 1908 the Franciscan Order took over the Monastery, which continues to this day, and it is from then on that medals of the Virgin with Saint Francis appear on the reverse.
Comments
Post a Comment