Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund
Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1927
The illustration is divided into two parts:
1) Edmund of England: Scene, Martyrdom -- The hand of God holds a dove, which represents soul, and emerges from an arc of heaven. One of two executioners is armed with a halberd. The other wears a sheath and points a sword toward the decapitated Edmund, whose head is falling to the ground. The illustration has a patterned background and decorated frame.
Illustration of Abbo of Fleury, Passio Edmundi, chapter 10.
2) Edmund of England: Scene, Head hidden -- A witness stands in a tree looking at a man, armed with a sheathed sword, who is placing Edmundís head in brambles. The illustration has a patterned background and decorated frame.
Illustration of Abbo of Fleury, Passio Edmundi, chapters 11 (Head hidden) and 12 (Witness to hiding the head).