Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Abrégé des histoires divines
France, possibly Amiens, between 1300 and 1310
MS M.751 fol. 67r

See more information »

Confronted soldiers wearing helmets and mail, holding shields, astride horses, foremost two raising swords with right hands. Tower of building at right.
Scene against gold background within pink and blue frame decorated with white ornament.
Miniature inserted near text relating to attack of the Saracens during reign of Sophronius of Jerusalem as Patriarch of Jerusalem.