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Caption: Two scenes: (a) Activity of Paris University;-(b) King Philip II of France presides at the burning of the heretical followers of Amaury of Chartres. Full border of flowers. &c., on blue ground; arms supported by red-robed angels. In 1209 ten of his followers were burnt before the gates of Paris, and Amalric's own body was exhumed and burnt and the ashes given to the winds. Amaury de Chartres or Amaury de Bene or Amalric of Bena, was a philosopher and theologian of the French twelfth century. Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from 1108 to 1270). France, N. (Calais?), 1487. Source: Royal 20 E. III f.177v.
Credit: Album / British Library
Image size: 4528 × 6694 px | 86.7 MB
Print size: 38.3 × 56.7 cm | 1782.7 × 2635.4 in (300 dpi)