Master of Sir John Fastolf
Saint Edward the Confessor

France or England, circa 1430-40
Illumination in a Book of Hours
The Cloisters, New York City

The king is seen giving his ring to a beggar who will later turn out to be St. John the Evangelist. The ring is Edward's attribute.

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Photographed at the Cloisters by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.