Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund
ca. 1130
England, Bury St Edmunds
MS M.736 fol. 18v
Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1927
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Edmund of England: Scene, Thieves entering Church -- Eight thieves break into a church. One who is on a ladder is entering the church through a window. Another digs with a spade; one digs with a hoe; and three pull out nails with pincers and hammers. The illustration has a decorated frame.
Illustration of Abbo of Fleury, Passio Edmundi, chapter 16.