Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Abrégé des histoires divines
France, possibly Amiens, between 1300 and 1310
MS M.751 fol. 34r

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Nero: Scene, Mother slain --Nero, crowned, right hand holding knife to belly, and left hand to head, of mother, veiled, with joined hands raised.
Figures against gold background within pink and blue frame decorated with white ornament.
Miniature inserted near text relating to Nero killing his mother.