Create an Amazon Wedding Registry
Join Amazon Prime - Watch Thousands of Movies & TV Shows Anytime - Start Free Trial Now
Illustration from
Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris
Matthaei Paris Chronica Maiora I
Martyrdom of St. Thomas of Canterbury, 1171
Murder of Becket: the four knights; Grim with cross interposing. Becket falls away from altar on right.
Chronica Maiora I, Saint Albans, England, ca. 1240–53. Folio 132r, MS 26, Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Figure 44, p.88, The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora by Suzanne Lewis, 1987.
Previous: Two Templars on a Horse Next: Saladin Capturing the True Cross at Hattin, 1187
Back to Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris
Other Medieval illustrations of the Murder of Thomas Becket
