Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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Northern France or Belgium, possibly Tournai, ca. 1350
MS G.24 fol. 30v

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Floridas: Scene, jousting with Porrus -- Porrus, on horseback, wearing armor and helmet, holding broken sword and decorated shield with boar's head, faces Floridas, falling from horse, wearing armor and helmet, holding decorated shield. Three other mounted soldiers wear (variously) armor and helmet and hold sword and shield. At right, man with club attempts to steal three sheep and two cows from the people of Epheson. Archer, wearing helmet and armor, fires arrows from city of Epheson in which stand two women.
Scene against gold background within decorated frame. Illustration of Jacques de Longuyon, Voeux du paon, Laisse 94.
In left margin, two hybrid animals and bird.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), ape holds lamp and points to buttocks.