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:
Removed from Marston MS 89 where it was used as a front pastedown. and See catalogue entry for Marston MS 89.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a document detailing the duties of the cellarer at the Church of St. Victor, Xanten
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in an early gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 1-line initials are in black, highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus, some of which are in red.