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The Passion of Saint Edmund, King and Martyr
Passio Edmundi

by Abbo of Fleury

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Pierpont Morgan Library. Manuscript. M.736. Bury St. Edmunds, England, ca. 1130.

Artist: the Alexis Master and his workshop.
Place of origin: Bury St. Edmunds?
School: English, Bury St. Edmunds.
Style: Romanesque.
Description based on record created by Index of Christian Art, Princeton University.

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Scene: Tribes crossing the Sea to Britain
Scene: Battle against Britons
Scene: Tribes dividing the Kingdom
Scene: Landing of the Danes
Scene: Danes attacking a Town
Scene: sending a Messenger to demand Submission of Edmund of England
Scene: refusing the Bishop’s advice to submit to Inguar the Dane
Scene: receiving News of Edmund of England’s Refusal to submit
Scene: dragged from the Throne
Scene: led away by the Danes
Scene: Martyrdom
Scene: Departure of the Danes
Scene: Death
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