Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
France, probably Paris or possibly the Loire region, ca. 1460
MS M.381 fol. 59v

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De Mulieribus Claris: Scene, Triaria in Battle -- Triaria, wearing hennin, with right hand raises sword above two soldiers, one stabbing the other in breast with sword. Of five other soldiers, one stabs another in mouth with sword, two stab each other with swords, and the fifth reclines on ground, bleeding from mouth and head wound.
Scene within crenellated walls of city, with gate, towers and other buildings.