Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
England, perhaps London, ca. 1470
MS M.126 fol. 65r

See more information »

Confessio Amantis: Scene, Alexander the Great with Pirate -- Alexander the Great, crowned, wearing cape and tunic lined with fur, stands, gesturing with left hand toward pirate, with bare legs and feet, raising right hand, and looking at Alexander. With his left hand, pirate indicates bundles and covered vessels on ground, beside which two other men stand.
Scene in landscape on shore, with ship and city with windmill in background.
Champie initial O with spray-work. Penwork fish in top line of text.