Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Weltchronik
Germany, Regensburg, ca. 1360
MS M.769 fol. 164v

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David: bringing Head of Goliath to Saul -- Giant headless body of Goliath, wearing armor, grasping sheath of sword (?) with left hand, reclines on ground. At right, David, holding sword with right hand, raises head of Goliath with left hand. He stands before Saul, crowned, indicating the head with left hand; another man stands behind him.