Title
Ivory comb decorated with scenes from the life of Edward II of England
Caption
School of Northern Italy
Ivory comb decorated with scenes from the life of Edward II of England: the king's atrocious torture (he was murdered in his prison in the castle of Berkeley by the introduction into the anus of a tube of metal heated to red)
Middle of the 14th century
Bologna, medieval civic museum.
Date
14th century
Credit line
Alfredo Dagli Orti/Photo12
Reference
DGL15A00_228
License type
Rights managed
Available size
145,5Mb (4,3Mb) / 26,7in x 21,2in / 8000 x 6356 (300dpi)