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Jean Poyer, The Taming the Tarasque (detail), from Hours of Henry VIII, c. 1500. Bound vellum; 25.6 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.).

“Martha was the sister of Lazarus and Mary Magdalene. After Christ’s Ascension, they were set adrift in a boat, which was guided by an angel to Marseilles.

In Marseilles, according to legend, Martha overcame a dragon, the Tarasque, which had been terrorizing the people of Tarascon in Provence. Half- animal and half-fish, the monster slew passersby and sank ships. The people appealed to Martha for help. Armed with an aspergillum (a device to sprinkle holy water) and holy water bucket, she went after the dragon, which she found devouring a man.

After subduing the beast with holy water, as in the miniature, she bound it about the neck with her girdle and led it away to be killed. One man plunges a spear into its neck while another—at a considerably safer distance— aims his crossbow.”

-The Morgan Library & Museum

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