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Hector wounded. Priam at his bedside (Roman de Troie, Bnf Français 60, f79v)

Description

To the left, wounded Hector sits still in arms, but dripping with blood. His maids remove his helmet.

To the right, bedridden Hector is visited by his father King Priam.

History :
  1. Rubric: "ci devise comment hector fu ven[u?] de la bataille & comment iol estoit navrez que ses suers le desarmerent et comment il fu couchiez en .i. lit & li lava ten ses plaies. & how his mother and his wife and his henchmen duelled before him. & son pere le roi priant le vint voir."
  2. Folio 79 verso.
Textual Sources :
Benoît de Sainte-Maure, poète normand ou tourangeau du XIIe siècle

Technical Data

Notice #025041

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Image editing :
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Image Origin :
Bibliothèque numérique Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France (https://gallica.bnf.fr)