Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Abrégé des histoires divines
France, possibly Amiens, between 1300 and 1310
MS M.751 fol. 113r

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Priest, tonsured, wearing chasuble, hands extended, falling to ground below flames descending from cloud. Three men, foremost wearing cap and gesturing with both hands, stand at right.
Figures against gold background within pink and blue frame decorated with white ornament.
Miniature inserted near text relating to reign of Henry II as king of England.