Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Abrégé des histoires divines
France, possibly Amiens, between 1300 and 1310
MS M.751 fol. 97r

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Aethelred II or Edmund Ironside, crowned, gesturing with both hands, seated with legs crossed on bench looking toward men, foremost wearing cap, raising right hand.
Scene against gold background within pink and blue frame decorated with white ornament.
Miniature inserted near text relating to reigns of Aethelred II (the Unready) of England and Edmund Ironside, both kings of England.