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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

183. MS M.801, fol. 89r

Werner Rolevinck
1425-1502

Fasciculus temporum

ca. 1498
Naples, Italy
420 x 230 mm
MS M.801

Two horsemen, one inscribed DIOFEBO, the other, LO S(IGNOR) PRENZIPE DE ROSSANO both wearing plumed helmets, armor, holding swords with right hands, are astride caparisoned horses. They look toward the fighting on the opposite page. In foreground, army of soldiers holding spears and shields, behind them, eight soldiers wearing plumed helmets, carrying spears or lances, possibly astride horses. In background, sun rises or sets behind hill; buildings or towns are among hills and valleys. One of two soldiers fighting reclines on ground, the other kneels on one knee.