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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. 15r
Description:
Edmund of England: Scene, Departure of Danes -- Three groups of men, all armed with spears and some with shields, board three ships in which men are seated. Most of the men have oars. At the right are the prows of three more ships. The illustration has a decorated frame.
Illustration of Abbo of Fleury, Passio Edmundi, chapters 10 and 11.