Military illustrations from

Les « Histoires Roger », ou Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César , composée par un clerc sous les auspices du châtelain de Lille, Roger.
The 'Roger Histories', or Ancient history until Caesar, composed by a cleric under the auspices of the castellan of Lille, Roger.

Acre, c.1287. Ms Français 20125.



f133v mort d'hector,
Death of Hector


An Extract from Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350. Western Europe and the Crusader States by David Nicolle:

741A-K Histoire Universelle, Kingdom of Jerusalem, c.1287
(Bib. Nat., Ms. Fr. 20125, Paris, France)

C - Death of Hector, f.133v;

This manuscript from the school of Acre includes some more up-to-date pieces of military equipment as well as traditional items. ... In the death of Hector at the hands of Achilles a rather gruesome picture shows the victim being slain by a spear thrust into the upper thigh above the top of his mail chausses (C). ...

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