Destruction of Troy (image 10)

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

The largest roundel depicts the destruction of Troy, showing the broken towers and walls of the city. The four roundels below it have four ships filled with soldiers, and identified with four Trojan heroes: Aeneas, Priam, Turtus and Helenus.

Context: History of the world: Biblical history; classical history

• Date range: [ca. 1461-1483]
• Date: 1472
• Collection: Medieval Manuscripts
• Physical Identifier: BC MS 100/10