St Thomas of Canterbury
Images in medieval manuscripts
 
   

Alan of Tewkesbury, Collectio epistolarum sancti Thome Cantuariensis, c 1184. British Library
Picture bible (French) c 1200.

National Library of the Netherlands
   
Luttrel Psalter, early 14th century. British Library. Thomas returns to England: he is welcomed by the people, but warned off by the knights. Psalter, English Midlands, c 1200 - 1225.
British Library


Book of hours (Netherlands) c 1500
British Library
De Grey Book of Hours, c1300. Created in Flanders.
National Library of Wales		  


MS c 1307 - 1327. British Library. Henry II argues with Becket.
Chaucer's pilgrims on the road to Canterbury, from 'The Siege of Thebes', by John Lydgate, England, 1457–60
 

 

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