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| Keywords: English - Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket - Walters W3415V - Open Reverse.jpg 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 ca 1250 Medieval ink paint gold parchment cm 24 8 17 8 accession number W 34 15V 12381 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 Acquired by Henry Walters Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 place of origin East Anglia England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license 2D Walters MS W34 - Carrow Psalter Miniatures of Thomas Becket | ||||
