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Illustrations from a manuscript of
Topographia Hibernica
(The Topography of Ireland)
written in 1187
by Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales)
Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 720, pt.II.
This copy made in the third quarter of the 13th century
An axeman slays a white mare
Illustration from the bottom margin of folio 225v (Topographia Hibernica)
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Another picture of An axeman slays a white mare & an Irish king bathes in a stew of mare's meat in National Library of Ireland Ms. 700
Another picture of An axeman slays a white mare & an Irish king bathes in a stew of mare's meat in British Library Ms. Royal 13 B VIII
Source: Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 720, pt.II.
