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Illustrations depicting 10th Century Carolingian Soldiers from
Prudentius' Psychomachia
'Conflict Of The Soul'
Brussels, Bibliotheque royale, Ms. 10066-77, 10th century
folio 120v
Patience and Job pass through the middle of the array
A larger image of 'Patience and Job pass through the middle of the array' in Prudentius' Psychomachia, Brussels, Bibliotheque royale, Ms. 10066-77, 10th-11th century.
PATIENTIA CUM IOB PER MEDIAS ACIES TRANSIT
Note the cross gartering on 3 of the legs.
Source: Brussels, Bibliotheque royale, Ms. 10066-77
Prudentius (born in 348 in northern Spain, died after 405) spent most of his life following worldly pursuits, but later turned to writing, in which he aimed to glorify God and atone for his earlier sins.
One of his most popular works is a poem called Psychomachia (Conflict of the Soul), which describes the battles between female personifications of human virtues and vices.
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See also 'Patience and Job pass through the midst of the array of Vices' in BnF Ms. Latin 8085, France, (Reims ?), 870-899AD
'Patience strides with Job amid her foes' in Brussels, KBR, Ms. 9987-91, Northern France, Abbey of Saint-Amand?, c. 890 AD
'Long-Suffering walks with Job through the battle-lines' in British Library, MS Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, c.1000
'Patience and Job pass through the midst of the array' in Corpus Christi College, Ms. 23, c.1000
8th-10th Century Carolingian Infantrymen in Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066 by Ian Heath
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