Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de Tristan
France, probably Bourges, April 15, 1468
MS M.41 fol. 220r

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Legend, Tristan and Isolde: Gawain fighting Breus the Pitiless -- At left knight wearing black helmet and armor, holds lowered lance with right hand, shield at left shoulder. He is astride leaping horse bleeding from wound by spear held in right hand of second knight wearing black helmet with gold armor, sword in sheath hanging from waist. Scene in landscape with houses with chimneys and castle on hill in background.