Crutches and Canes in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

• St. Elizabeth on the side-panel of the Deichsler Altarpiece, c. 1207
• Scenes from the life of St. Elizabeth, wall-paintings from St. Hubertus' Church in Mardorf, c. 1300
• The miracle at Mont St. Michel, The Luttrell Psalter (British Library MS Add. 42130, fol. 104v), c. 1325-1335
• St. Martin (fol. 164v) and St. Petronilla (fol. 218), Lives of the Saints (BNF Fr. 185), second quarter of the 14th century
• The altar of St. Elizabeth at the Cathedral of St. Mauritius and St. Katherina, Magdeburg, c. 1360
• Doctor and patients, De proprietatibus rerum (BNF Fr. 216), 14th-15th century
• A man gives alms, Facta et dicta memorabilia (BNF Fr. 286, fol. 173), beginning of the 15th century
• Pilgrims at Bethlehem, Le Livre des Merveilles (BNF Fr. 2810, fol. 272), c. 1410-1412
• Works of mercy: feeding the hungry in a fresco in Brixen, c. 1420-1430
• Works of mercy, Facta et dicta memorabilia (BNF Fr. 286, fol. 243v), second quarter of the 15th century
• Details on the left and right from an altar panel depicting St. Martin sharing his cloak, c. 1435-1445
• St. Maurus of Glanfeul, Hours of Philip of Burgundy (KB 76 F 2, fol. 271v), c. 1450-1460
• Detail from The miracles of St. Leonard from the church of St. Leonhard bei Tamsweg in Salzburg, c. 1452-1461

And when that Beryn in this wise had i-made his mone, A crepill he saw comyng with grete spede and hast, Oppon a stilt under his kne bound wonder fast, And a crouch under his armes, with hondes al forskramed. The Tale of Beryn, ll. 2379-2382

• Boccaccio and his characters, De casibus (BNF Fr. 132, fol. 1), third quarter of the 15th century
• Alexander arrives at Perseopolis, History of Alexander the Great (BNF Fr. 48, fol. 49v), second half of the 15th century
• Doctor and patients, De proprietatibus rerum (BNF Fr. 134, fol. 111), second half of the 15th century
• Miracle of St. Mellon (fol. 25), St. Justin gives alms (fol. 89), St. Anthony gives alms (fol. 125), St. Martin shares his mantle (fol. 250), the funeral of St. Alexis (fol. 305v), St. Loup of Troyes gives alms (fol. 380v), St. Cloud gives alms (fol. 430) Speculum Historiale (BNF Fr. 51), 1463
• Miracle of Galahad, Quest of the Holy Grail (BNF Fr. 116, fol. 672), c. 1470
• St. Oswald gives alms, from an Austrian altarpiece with the legend of St. Oswald, c. 1470-1475
• The Hellespoint, Secrets of natural history (BNF Fr. 22971, fol. 18v), c. 1480-1485
• The apostles preach, The Golden Legend (BNF Fr. 244, fol. 158), c. 1480-1490
• Miracle of St. James the Greater (fol. 1), miracle of St. Germain d'Auxerre (fol. 15), St. Justina and Proctus (fol. 109), St. Martin (fol. 169), The Golden Legend (BNF Fr. 245), c. 1480-1490
• St. Bernard heals the lame and the blind, Jörg Breu the Elder, c. 1495-1505
• Penelope, Laertes, and Telemachus, Ovid's Heroides (BNF Fr. 874), beginning of the 16th century
• Beggars and Cripples by Hieronymus Bosch
• Procession banner: The Virgin and Child with St. Lazarus, c. 1502 (also here)
• The Beggars by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568
• Battle of Carnival and Lent by Pieter Brueghel the Younger