The Virgin, seated in the centre on a marble throne, holds the Baby Jesus as he tenderly embraces her. The sainted bishop on the left may be St. Magloire, while St. John the Baptist, clad in his typical camel hair tunic, displays a scroll with the Latin inscription \u201cECCE AGNUS DEI\u201d. On the other side of the throne, St. Jerome in cardinal\u2019s robes stands on the far right with the lion that he is traditionally said to have tamed. The book he holds is the Vulgate, his patiently crafted translation of the Bible into Latin. By his side, St. John the Evangelist can be identified by his Gospel and by the pen he used to write it with. The habits of the two saints kneeling at the foot of the throne identify them as members of the Camaldulese order.<\/p>\n
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