A Masterly Hand / Scientia Artis 9

153 Kim Woods 7 152 and cannot have been very heavy as the gesture is so slight. It seems most likely that some sort of staff ran diagonally between the two hands, the blunt end resting lightly between the thumb and forefinger of the raised right hand. This is not a gesture associated with one of the three Magi, who de rigeur must carry gifts. Nor is it appropriate for a martial saint, who should carry a weapon. The cane or staff is a known attribute for dynastic figures, however, such as the bronze figure identified as Albert of Bavaria from the 1476 tomb of Isabella of Bourbon, the first wife of Charles the Bold, originally erected in the abbey 7.3 Fig. 7.3 Knight, Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery