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Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (England)Unknown author
Title
Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket
Description
English: This miniature from an English psalter presents a spirited account of the murder. Three of the four knights attack the archbishop, who is kneeling in prayer before the altar. One of the knights kicks Thomas to the floor, and sends his miter flying as his sword cracks open Thomas's head.
Date circa 1250
date QS:P571,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(Middle Ages
era QS:P2348,Q12554
)
Medium ink, paint and gold on parchment
Dimensions height: 24.8 cm (9.7 in); width: 17.8 cm (7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,24.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,17.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
W.34.15V
Place of creation East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Object history
  • Carrow Priory, Norwich, 15th century [recorded in a 14th or 15th century inscription on fol. 1r]
  • John Baptist, 3rd Lord Caryll (1716-1780) [his bookplate recorded in 1902, but is no longer extant] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • George Galway Mills [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Mills Sale, London, February 24, 1800
  • Reverend David T. Powell [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Powell Sale, London, July 31, 1848
  • 4th Earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878) [Appendix no. XXXIII, his bookplate] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Henry Yates Thompson, 1899 [his bookplate] [mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Quaritch, 1920, by purchase
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase
Exhibition history Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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