Abbot Elfnoth (died 980) presenting a book of prayer to the St Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury. (Or a bishop, possibly Heinrich II of Augsburg, passing a book to Ulrich, patron saint of Augsburg Cathedral.) From the Augsburg Sacramentary, Harley MS 2908, Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.

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