Drawings

Description

Title: Drawings
Published / Created: [between 1100 and 1200]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment (damaged). The one side has fine drawings of a king and queen (with falcon) in elaborate robes. Beside them is a foot soldier in armor; below a warrior on horseback, in armor, pursued by an archer, without armor. Above is a centaur (Chiron?) shooting an arrow at a flying bird, a second bird on the ground. On the other side (much affected by paste) three warriors storm a tower
Description: In Latin.
Removed from Marston MS 89 where it was used as a front pastedown.
Provenance: See catalogue entry for Marston MS 89.
Extent: f. 1 :
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Drawings (visual works) France 12th century
Manuscripts, Medieval France 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment.
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Drawings. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.