Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Histoire ancienne jusqu’à César
Belgium, ca. 1460
MS M.212 fol. 114r

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Judith: slaying Holofernes -- Under tent, Judith raises sword in right hand above sleeping Holofernes, with his hand under his head, reclining on bed with pillows. Scene in landscape with tents and city in background, against gold sky. Figures painted in grisaille. Margins decorated with floreate and foliate border above and below right column, including daisies and strawberries, miniature within gold frame. Initial B of Bien decorated with foliate and floreate ornament.