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Illustrations of Costume and Soldiers from the bottom margins of the
Romance of Alexander
The legend of Alexander the Great
Flanders, 1338-44AD. Bodleian Library, Ms. Bod. 264, Oxford

Spearmen patrolling between and around castles.

167r, lower margin. Spearmen patrolling 167v, lower margin. Spearmen patrolling 170r, lower margin. Spearmen & clubmen patrolling 196v, lower margin. Spearmen patrolling 197v, lower margin. Spearmen patrolling

Some of the spears have a semi-circle butt, perhaps for pushing ladders from a wall.

(fols. 3r-208r) The Romance of Alexander in French verse, with miniatures illustrating legends of Alexander the Great and with marginal scenes of everyday life, by the Flemish illuminator Jehan de Grise and his workshop, 1338-44.
Source: Romance of Alexander, Bodleian Library, Ms. Bod. 264, Oxford