Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris

Sea Battle off Sandwich

Bishops blessing English in a boat who fight with French in a larger ship. Note the staff sling used to launch a pot.

Chronica Maiora II, Saint Albans, England, ca. 1240–53. Folio 56R, MS 16II, Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Plate I The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora by Suzanne Lewis, 1987.

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