MS M.736 fol. 22r

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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. 22r
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Sweyn, King of Denmark: Scene, Death announced -- Among five standing men, two raise their right hands and one extends his left hand toward a dying man of Essex, who is sitting in bed wearing a cap and raising his right hand. The scene is within an architectural setting and has a decorated frame.
Illustration of Herman, Miracula Edmundi, chapter 7.