Title

Abbess of Coldingham StAebbe the younger semi-mythological Abbess 870AD. Artist: Grignion

Caption

Abbess of Coldingham St Aebbe the younger semi-mythological Abbess 870AD cutting of her nose and upper lip as an example to her Nuns to follow to prevent being Ravished by the Danes.The Complete English Traveller, 1771-1772.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1771

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C61_458

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45,0Mb (4,8Mb) / 10,8in x 16,1in / 3250 x 4839 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people face interior indoors religious education arts country religion body day Denmark book room nose Christianity illustration location century teaching inside sepia literature lady concept lettering dane disfigured 18th century abbess Eighteenth Century The Print Collector 9th century the body Grignion lower case Complete English Traveller precuation Abbess of Coldingham Coldingham Abbess of