Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
Austria, probably in Tyrol, last quarter of the 15th century
MS M.763 fol. 105v

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Der Renner: Scene, Knights -- Armored knight, wearing helmet, holding bundle of grain (?) in left hand, sits astride horse before doorway of watermill, with thatched roof. Behind him is shed with thatched roof. In middle ground are two mounted knights, wearing helmets, one holding lance toward man, wearing hat, carrying block or bundle on his back; mounted soldiers, wearing helmet, with sword sheated at waist; and man, standing beside mounted knight, wearing helment. In background is castle on hilltop. Scene in landscape with trees.