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Illustration from
The Leiden I Maccabees manuscript / Codex Per F 17
Folio 16r
A cavalry pursuit
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The artist has omitted a couple of spears in the front, perhaps so as to not to break up the figures they would be drawn across. Note that one cavalryman is using a sword two-handed.
Book of Maccabees I, Saint Gall, Switzerland, second half of 9th–early 10th century, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Leiden, Codex Perizoni
This codex contains the first book of Maccabees and the fourth book of the Epitoma Rei Militaris by Vegetius. It was probably started in the Abbey of Saint Gall and finished at the Abbey of Reichenau. It is famous for its 28 illuminated pages, thought to be early depictions of a historical battle: the incursions of the Magyars in southern Germany.
