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Edmund's head from BL Harley 2278, f. 66
Detail of a miniature of Edmund's head calling out "Here! Here! Here!" all day long until the men searching for it found it hidden in a thicket, being guarded from predatory animals by a wolf. Image taken from f. 66 of Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5). Written in English and Latin.
Creator
- John Lydgate
- John Lydgate
Subject
- British Library Harley Collection
- BL Harley 2278
- f. 66
- Gothic cursive
Type of item
- Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
- illuminated manuscripts
- Illuminated manuscript
Date
- between 1434 and 1439
- 1434 - 1439
- 1434/1439
Creator
- John Lydgate
- John Lydgate
Subject
- British Library Harley Collection
- BL Harley 2278
- f. 66
- Gothic cursive
Type of item
- Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
- illuminated manuscripts
- Illuminated manuscript
Date
- between 1434 and 1439
- 1434 - 1439
- 1434/1439
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. (probably Bury St Edmunds)
Identifier
- E101824
Extent
- 250 x 170 (140 x 90)
Format
- JPEG
Language
- eng ; lat
Is part of
- http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6643
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1348
Relations
- Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-03-26T11:27:30.459Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2015-05-15T11:18:12.708Z