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Chicken-footed demon

Altar frontal from Santa Margarida in Vilaseca

"This prayer book was commissioned by Anne de Bretagne, wife of two successive kings of France, Charles VIII and Louis XII, to teach her son, the dauphin Charles-Orland (1492–1495), his catechism. It was painted in Tours by Jean Poyer, an artist…

The stained glass windows are believed to have originally been created for the nearby Holy Ghost Chapel by Flemish glaziers. One window depicts Henry VIII's sister, Margaret, who married James IV of Scotland when she was just 13 years old.

From the old convent of Santa Clara in Vic (Osona)
Altarpiece dedicated to Saint Anthony and Saint Margaret

From the church of Santa Creu in Fonollosa (Bages)

"So this is a friend's Servant, Saint Margaret of Antioch as a Saber! Her sword, which is a blade of mana projected from a cross, isn't seen here, but she has her anti-demon hammer!"

Ch.-L Brossé, “Les Peintures de la Grotte de Marina Près Tripoli” Syria 7(1926) 30-45.