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This painting of the Vision of Joachim was created ca. 1305 in the Arena Chapel in Padua. I include it here as an examples of a typical Italian style of shepherd for this era, and to represent the general lack of pouch-like objects, much less Shepherds Purses, in art of this region at this period.
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Eimerl, Sarel. 1967. The World of Giotto c.1267-1337. Time-Life Books, New York. p.118