
Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund
ca. 1130
England, Bury St Edmunds
MS M.736 fol. 19r
Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1927
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Edmund of England: Scene, Thieves arrested -- A mitered bishop, Theodred of London, sits on a cathedra. He holds a crozier in his left hand and raises his right hand toward a man who is binding the hands of one of eight men.Ttwo of the men already have their hands bound. The scene is in an architectural setting of three domical structures and has a patterned background.
Illustration of Abbo of Fleury, Passio Edmundi, chapter 16.