Scenes from the life of mary magdalene: the hermit zosimus giving a cloak to magdalene, fresco from magdalene chapel, lower church, san francesco, assisi. (the subject, cloak and even the name of old hermet was taken to magdalene's history from "life of st. Mary of egypt"
st. Mary magdalene is not the same person as st. Mary of egypt. Magdalene was a contemporary of jesus. Mary of egypt was a desert hermit who lived in egypt 500 year later. This is a depiction of st. Mary of egypt and st. Zosimas, who met her while traveling in the desert. Object Type: painting. Date: 1320s. Medium: fresco. Collection: Lower Basilica of San Francesco. Assisi zosimus
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