Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Abrégé des histoires divines
France, possibly Amiens, between 1300 and 1310
MS M.751 fol. 43v

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Trajan: Scene, Burial --Three men, one only top of head visible, two gesturing, foremost wearing bi-color tunic, stand before colonnette surmounted by golden pot containing bones of Trajan.
Scene against gold background within pink and blue frame decorated with white ornament.
Miniature inserted near text relating to reign of Trajan as Emperor.