Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Weltchronik
Germany, Regensburg, ca. 1360
MS M.769 fol. 247v

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Judith: slaying Holofernes -- Judith, veiled, raising sword with right hand stands next to draped bed in which reclines Holofernes. With left hand, she grasps his crowned head. Maidservant, veiled, carrying sack over left shoulder stands at right. All in large opening of tent.