Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund
England, Bury St Edmunds, ca. 1130
MS M.736 fol. 15r

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Edmund of England: Scene, Departure of Danes -- Three groups of men, armed with spears, and some with shields, board three ships in which men are seated, some with oars.
At right, three prows of ships visible, in which three men are seated. Decorated frame.
Illustration of Abbo of Fleury, Passio Edmundi, chapters 10 and 11.