1396

Altichiero, ‘The Battle of Clavijo’. Fresco, c. 1396. Padua, Santo, Capella di S.Felice

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1396 A.D.

Two white bell tents, triangular banners on very tall poles, oval apexes (the front tent has two separate ovals one above the other), the rear tent has small scalloping around the valance while the tent in front has larger scalloping decorated with fluer de lis.

Fig 196. Altichiero, ‘The Battle of Clavijo’. Fresco, c. 1396. Padua, Santo, Capella di S.Felice.

L’ officina della Bibbia e Jacopo Verona
Figure 30 Altichiero e Avanzi: Battaglia di Clavigo, Padova Basilica de Santo, Capella di Si Felice.
Note this picture is the reverse of Hale’s.

'Wall painting by Altichiero, c. 1375 in the chapel of St. James or St. Felix, the Santo of St. Antony, Padua.'

Hale, J.R., Artists and Warfare in the Renaissance, London, 1990, p. 150 &151.

Pozza, N. Ed., Bibbia Istoriata Padovanna, Venizia, 1962, Figure 30.

Nicolle, D., Medieval Warfare Source Book, Volume 1: Warfare in Western Christendom, Back Jacket cover.

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