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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. 14r
Description:
Edmund of England: Scene, Martyrdom ñ The hand of God emerges from a cloudy arc of heaven toward Edmund, who is pierced with arrows and tied to tree before six men shooting with bows and arrows. The illustration has a patterned background and decorated frame.
Illustration of Abbo of Fleury, Passio Edmundi, chapter 10.