Nectanebus in his Palace (in Babylon or in Caire ?)
Romance of Alexander (later addition).
Various authors including Lambert le Tort, Alexandre de Bernai (de Paris), and others.
Oxford Bodleian MS Bodl 264 fol-001r detail upper half
The palace of Nectanebus (Nectanebus, the last king of Egypt, according to legend, had fathered Alexander during the absence of Philip of Macedonia.)
Palace [‘the castle of Cairo’] with turrets and a bridge by a river. Top left corner, men tending a walled garden [‘the garden of balm’]; out of its gate come two other men carrying a pole between them on which hangs a basket; they walk towards the drawbridge of the palace; a collared monkey sits in the doorway. Three bearded men look out from the parapet above the gate with Nectanebus in the middle(?).
Source:
www.europeana.eu/portal/ca/record/92093/BibliographicReso...
Nectanebus in his Palace (in Babylon or in Caire ?)
Romance of Alexander (later addition).
Various authors including Lambert le Tort, Alexandre de Bernai (de Paris), and others.
Oxford Bodleian MS Bodl 264 fol-001r detail upper half
The palace of Nectanebus (Nectanebus, the last king of Egypt, according to legend, had fathered Alexander during the absence of Philip of Macedonia.)
Palace [‘the castle of Cairo’] with turrets and a bridge by a river. Top left corner, men tending a walled garden [‘the garden of balm’]; out of its gate come two other men carrying a pole between them on which hangs a basket; they walk towards the drawbridge of the palace; a collared monkey sits in the doorway. Three bearded men look out from the parapet above the gate with Nectanebus in the middle(?).
Source:
www.europeana.eu/portal/ca/record/92093/BibliographicReso...