Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible Historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1415
MS M.394 fol. 203v

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Holofernes: Siege of Bethulia -- Two helmeted soldiers, holding spears, stand beside two men, wearing hats, digging with pickaxes, beside wellhead (?). In background, windmill on hilltop, and city of Bethulia.
In upper, lower, and center margins, ivy-rinceaux foliate decoration.
Illustration of OT Apocrypha, Judith 07:02-07.