Sunday, November 17, 2019

Strange Things Found On Medieval Manuscripts

Have At You! - Gesundheit!


This is from Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 107, f. 99v, and it depicts two headless sword fighters. WTF? Did they cut their own heads off before they started the fight? I need some context here. What is going on. Is it some kind of social commentary from when the manuscript was created? Is it some sort of allegory about how there are no real winners in a battle? Are they aliens?


By the way, this would make a good SCA, tourney scroll. 

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