Peers_and_commoners_fighting_-_The_Holkham_Bible_Picture_Book_(c.1320-1330),_f.40_-_BL_Add_MS_47682.jpg
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Peers and commoners fighting [Whole folio] Above; the peers fight each other on horseback.They wear full armour, including bascinets with large moveable visors; one carries a shield with a wyvern, another has a spiked poleyn on his knee.The king has a visor with a grilled sight, and star shaped ailettes on his shoulders. The weapons are axes, falchions and straight swords. Below, the commoners fight each other on foot. Their armour is lighter, including bascinets without visors. The weapons illustrated are a falchion, a glaive, swords, axes, and two bows, with arrows |
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Date |
between circa 1320 and circa 1330
date QS:P571,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1320-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1330-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q23308
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Accession number |
Add. 47682, f.40
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Source/Photographer |
Image taken from The Holkham Bible Picture Book. Originally published/produced in England, circa 1320-1330.
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