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Prudentius' Psychomachia
'Conflict Of The Soul'
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Ms. 23, c.1000

Abraham and Lot
portrayed as mounted Anglo-Saxons

folio 2r
Lot taken captive


folio 2v
Abraham pursuing the army of the four kings


folio 3r upper
Abraham returns victorious after freeing Lot


Source: Corpus Christi College, Ms. 23

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.