Romance of Alexander -
Romance of Alexander -
Oxford Bodleian MS Bodl 264 fol-57v
Porus enthroned holding his sword upright, speaks to Alexander (still in disguise), he carries a sack over his shoulder and holds his horse by the reins.
Two 6-line decorated initials: ‘M(ontes)’ in blue and red on gold ground and ‘A(lixand[re])’ in red and white on gold ground; three smaller decorated initials, all with heads.
Top margin, a bird is shot through by an ape grotesque, a rabbit runs the other way.
Lower margin:
The relationship between Porus and Alexander.
Left, branch has stag lying down looking back at grumpy lion sitting up.
Right, branch has old man riding on a donkey with lively dogs snapping at him from front and back.
Romance of Alexander -
Romance of Alexander -
Oxford Bodleian MS Bodl 264 fol-57v
Porus enthroned holding his sword upright, speaks to Alexander (still in disguise), he carries a sack over his shoulder and holds his horse by the reins.
Two 6-line decorated initials: ‘M(ontes)’ in blue and red on gold ground and ‘A(lixand[re])’ in red and white on gold ground; three smaller decorated initials, all with heads.
Top margin, a bird is shot through by an ape grotesque, a rabbit runs the other way.
Lower margin:
The relationship between Porus and Alexander.
Left, branch has stag lying down looking back at grumpy lion sitting up.
Right, branch has old man riding on a donkey with lively dogs snapping at him from front and back.