MS M.736 fol. 18r

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Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund

England, Bury St Edmunds
ca. 1130
274 x 187 mm

Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1927

MS M.736 fol. 18r
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Edmund of England: Scene, Burial --The hand of God emerges above two men who are within a cross-surmounted church with twin towers. The men, one of whom is wearing a cap, are placing the shrouded body of Edmund in a strigillated sarcophagus. Two groups of men stand flanking the scene. The illustration has a patterned background and decorated frame.
Illustration of Abbo of Fleury, Passio Edmundi, chapter 14.