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A MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT OF BATTLE PLANS

MANY MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS were liturgical, but there were exceptions. The fifteenth-century Visconti Semideus, as described in Christopher De Hamel’s Meeting with Remarkable Manuscripts, is an artful collection of battle plans. … Continue reading

November 7, 2020 · Leave a comment