Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Weltchronik
Germany, Regensburg, ca. 1360
MS M.769 fol. 245v

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Cyrus the Great: killed by Tomyris -- Tomyris, crowned, wearnig headdress, gesturing with right hand, with left hand holds severed head of Cyrus the Great, crowned, over barrel of blood. Soldier, wearing helmet, showing teeth, holds sword with right hand, headless body at his feet.