St. James the Greater (JMAS 04) Rectangular Sticker

Image Credit (JMAS 04): Antique image of St. James the Greater from a late 19th century devotional print in chromolithography with gilt accents originally published by Josef Müller, Art Publisher, Munich, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. The image is one of twelve in the publisher’s Apostle Series (No. 12155). + St. James is holding a pilgrim’s staff with a hook for suspending a water flask. + Feast: July 25 + The lush floral ornamentation derives from miniatures, that is, the small illustrations used to decorate ancient or mediaeval illuminated manuscripts, in the Vatican Library.