The Hours of Isabella Stuart
Suffrages to saints
Texts and Images
The suffrage (short prayer) to every saint is illustrated with a pair of small miniatures – one within the main text and one in the margin – showing events from the saint’s life.
Suffrage to St Radegund
St Radegund, the 6th-century Frankish queen, is seen kneeling before the resurrected Christ in the main image and extending her healing touch to three invalids in the margin. She received seven images and suffrages (fols. 224v-230v), more than any other saint honoured in the volume. The manuscript’s patron must have been particularly devoted to her.
This is the last page of quire 28 and the lower margin preserves a catchword which indicates the opening words on the first page of quire 29.