Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund
England, Bury St Edmunds, ca. 1130
MS M.736 fol. 9v

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Edmund of England: Scene, Landing of Danes -- Danes, armed with shields and spears, row seven Viking ships, including five with animal-headed prows. Three of the Danes walk on planks to land. Fish in sea.
Illustration of Abbo of Fleury, Passio Edmundi, chapter 5 (Danes under Hinguar and Hubba land in Britain).