Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris

Saladin Capturing the True Cross at Hattin, 1187

Battle. Salaadinus and Guido rex struggling for Crux Sancta. Saracens on the left fight Crusaders on the right.

Chronica Maiora I, Saint Albans, England, ca. 1240–53. Folio 140R, MS 26, Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Figure 171, p279 The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora by Suzanne Lewis, 1987.

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