Keywords: Leprosy in La Franceschina.jpg St Francis and others treating victims of leprosy Some writers identify these patients as suffering from smallpox given the symptoms illustrated However the image is mistakenly used to illustrate the Black Death It comes from a manuscript of La Franceschina c 1474 a chronicle of the Order by Franciscan Jacopo Oddi d 1488 of Perugia Vox com http //www vox com/2015/2/24/8101329/black-death-gerbils-rats<br/>La Franceschina Perugia Biblioteca Augusta http //augusta alchimedia com/scheda aspx prov div ID 122 MS 1238 f 223r The artist is unknown ~ 1474 PD-old-100 PD-1996 Paintings of Francis of Assisi Disease in medieval miniature Diseases and disorders in art 15th-century illuminated manuscripts from Italy |