Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Abrégé des histoires divines
France, possibly Amiens, between 1300 and 1310
MS M.751 fol. 87v

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Messenger, tonsured (?), raising right hand, holding with raised left hand, document with hanging seal, stands before king, possibly Edward the Elder, crowned, raising right hand seated with legs crossed on bench.
Figures against gold background within pink and blue frame decorated with white ornament.
Miniature inserted near text relating to papacy of Formosus.