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Death of Sweyn from BL YT 47, f. 83
Miniature of the apparition of Edmund, in armour, aided by an angel, slaying Sweyn in bed with a spear, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund. Image taken from f. 83 of Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund. Written in English.
Contributors
- The twin of this manuscript is in the collection of the Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Castle (no shelfmark); both manuscripts were copied by the same scribe and follow the same design, though their miniatures were executed by different artists.
Creator
- John Lydgate
- John Lydgate
Subject
- British Library Yates Thompson Collection
- BL YT 47
- f. 83
- Gothic cursive
Type of item
- Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
- illuminated manuscripts
- Illuminated manuscript
Date
- between 1461 and c. 1475
- 1461 - 1475
- 1461/1475
Contributors
- The twin of this manuscript is in the collection of the Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Castle (no shelfmark); both manuscripts were copied by the same scribe and follow the same design, though their miniatures were executed by different artists.
Creator
- John Lydgate
- John Lydgate
Subject
- British Library Yates Thompson Collection
- BL YT 47
- f. 83
- Gothic cursive
Type of item
- Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
- illuminated manuscripts
- Illuminated manuscript
Date
- between 1461 and c. 1475
- 1461 - 1475
- 1461/1475
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain. Attribution to the British Library is recommended. For further details please visit: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/reuse.asp
Places
- England, S. E. (Bury St Edmunds?)
Identifier
- K063305
Extent
- 245 x 170 (140 x 90)
Format
- JPEG
Language
- en
Is part of
- http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8132
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1348
Relations
- Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-03-26T10:54:52.755Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2015-05-15T11:14:52.926Z