Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
France, March 9, 1474
MS G.23 fol. 147r

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Legend, Trojan War: Trojans sacrificing to Apollo -- In landscape setting, four Trojans, three kneeling, one standing, surround altar on which burns sacrifice. Bushel of grain sits on ground nearby. Eagle flies overhead carrying bloody entrails toward two ships at sea filled with Greeks. Scene in gold frame.