# Life of King St Edward [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, English]() - Date: 1201-1250 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. I. 59\) ## Commentary Life of King St Edward 13th century Manuscript \(Ms. I. 59\) University Library, Cambridge The miniature on folio 32v depicts the Battle of Hastings in 1066 when William the Conqueror defeated Harold II. The picture provides a good illustration of the arms in the 13th century. ## Related artworks - [Acts of the Abbots]() - [Alphonso Psalter]() - [Amesbury Psalter]() - [Anatomical figure]() - [Angels Turning the Spheres of the Universe]() - [Apocalypse]() - [Barberini Gospels]() - [Barberini Gospels]() - [Beda Venerabilis: The Life of St Cuthbert]() - [Benedictional of Archbishop Robert]() - [Bestiary and Lapidary \('the Rochester Bestiary'\)]() - [Bestiary and Lapidary \('the Rochester Bestiary'\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()