Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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Northern France or Belgium, possibly Tournai, ca. 1350
MS G.24 fol. 97r

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Emenidus: Scene, fighting Porrus -- Emenidus, wearing armor and helmet, with decorated shield, on horseback, uses both hands to grab Porrus, wearing armor and helmet, on horseback. Around them, four mounted soldiers, wearing armor and helmets, two with decorated shields, fight with swords.
Scene against gold background within decorated frame. Illustration of Jacques de Longuyon, Voeux du paon, Laisse 273.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), hybrid animal with two faces.