Image: Henry V and the Image of Pity
Description: Henry V of England shown kneeling before an image of the Man of Sorrows. He is thus assimilated to the legend of the Mass of Saint Gregory. He is The author comments: "This is taken from Manuscript Royal 2 b. 1 at the British Museum, which belonged to Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, and must be older than 1426. It probably commemorates the young King's devotion to that special form of of Eucharistic symbolism which is exemplified also in The Mass of St Gregory."
Title: Henry V and the Image of Pity
Credit: Thurston, Herbert , ed. (1908) A History of the Holy Eucharist in Great Britain, London: Burns and Oates, p. 253
Author: Anonymous. From a manuscript that belonged to Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester.
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