Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Abrégé des histoires divines
France, possibly Amiens, between 1300 and 1310
MS M.751 fol. 53v

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Felix II, Antipope: Scene, Martyrdom --Executioner, raising sword with right hand, extends left hand to head of Felix, wearing conical papal miter, hands extended, crouching on ground. Emperor Constantius II, crowned, stands at right.
Scene against gold background within pink and blue frame decorated with white ornament.
Miniature inserted near text relating to papacy of Felix II, Antipope.