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028. MS M.736 fol. 14v

Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund

ca. 1130
England, Bury St Edmunds
MS M.736 fol. 14v

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).