Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Abrégé des histoires divines
France, possibly Amiens, between 1300 and 1310
MS M.751 fol. 101r

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Sylvester II, Pope: Scene, Body dismembered --Man with large knife severing right arm of Sylvester II, wearing conical miter and chasuble, seated on ground, his left hand severed and bleeding.
Scene against gold background within pink and blue frame decorated with white ornament.
Miniature inserted near text relating to papacy and life of Sylvester II (Gerbert).