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Illustrations from
'Chroniques' by Jean Froissart
copy from Paris, France, 1st quarter of the 15th Century
fol. 16v, Assassination of Roger of Auterive by whitehoods


A larger image of fol. 16v, Assassination of Roger of Auterive by whitehoods
fol. 16v, assassinat de roger d'auterive

Title: « Les Croniques que fist sire JEHAN FROISSART ». Français 2664
Author: Froissart, Jean (1337? -1410?). Author of the text
Publication date: 1401-1500
Type: manuscript
Language: French
Rights: public domain
Identify: ark: / 12148 / btv1b60007003
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Français 2664. Captions from mandragore.bnf.fr

mandragore:
Cote : Français 2664
Auteur/Titre : jean froissart, chroniques
Titre d'usage :
Nom de pays : france
Origine : paris
Siècle : 15ème siècle
Date : 1er quart
Artiste :

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fol. 16v: The White Hoods of Ghent (1379). The Giac Master here portrays a particularly brutal episode which provoked a scandal and rendered the count of Flanders incandescent with rage: the bloody assassination, on the marketplace at Ghent by the White Hoods, of Roger of Atrive, the count’s bailli or officer and official representative. The body of the unfortunate bailli, run through and bleeding from multiple wounds, falls from his horse, occupying the centre of the composition; blows assail him from either side. The insurgents carry a bloodied hallbard, mace, spears and wooden club.
Source: The Online Froissart