Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Weltchronik
Germany, Regensburg, ca. 1360
MS M.769 fol. 160v

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Jonathan: tasting Honey -- Soldier, wearing helmet and mail hood, resting right hand on sword, stands behind Jonathan, sword in right hand, reaching with left hand into trunk of tree.
Saul: Defeat of Philistines -- Soldiers, some wearing helmets, some wearing helmets on hoods, fight, one with club, the others with swords. Three hold shields; four recline on ground, some bleeding from wounds.