Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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Northern France or Belgium, possibly Tournai, ca. 1350
MS G.24 fol. 34v

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Clarus: Scene, Siege of Epheson -- Mounted soldiers, including possibly Cana³Þm, Porrus, Gadifer of Epheson, and Arist³b, wearing armor and helmets, carrying heraldic shields, fight before city of Epheson from which two women watch.
Scene against gold background within decorated frame. Illustration of Jacques de Longuyon, Voeux du paon, Laisse 103.
In left margin, hybrid animal, with human head and dragon-like body, plays straight trumpet.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), hybrid animal with dragon-like body.
In right margin, hybrid man holds chalice up to bare buttocks of gryllus.