Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
France, March 9, 1474
MS G.23 fol. 2r

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Legend, Thebes: Cadmus slaying Dragon -- In landscape setting, Cadmus, in armor, raises bloody sword in right hand and holds shield in left hand before dragon standing behind walled fountain (well of Ares) at whose base lie two corpses. City of Thebes stands in background. Scene in gold frame.