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Christ gives communion to St Denis, 1317. St Denis and his companions receive communion on the eve of the Martrydom. To the left is Larcia, who denounced them, and was later converted. Manuscript illustration from a work on the life of St Denis (died c258 AD), written by Yves, a monk at the Abbey of St Denis. The book depicts the torture and martyrdom of the saint by the Roman governor Fescenninus Sisinnius. The lower part of each scene depicts people on the bridge over the River Seine. On the left is a man with a dancing bear, on the right a baker carrying loaves. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.