Triptych of the Madonna and Child: Detail, St. James

The pilgrim's staff is a common attribute for St. James. The book may allude to the Epistle of James, or it may simply refer to his bringing the Gospel to the nations.

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Photographed at the basilica by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.