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Historia Thebana / The war between Eteocles and Polyneices and the Seven against Thebes / Jocasta speaks in vain to Adrastus to prevent the war
Historia Thebana / The war between Eteocles and Polyneices and the Seven against Thebes / Aconteus kills the tame tigers of Bacchus that had been stirred up by the furies to attack the Argives
Historia Thebana / The war between Eteocles and Polyneices and the Seven against Thebes / Eteocles and Polyneices kill each other in fight
Historia Thebana / The war between Eteocles and Polyneices and the Seven against Thebes / Battle scenes (generic)

HISTORY

World chronicles / Cycles / Manuscripts / Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César / Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, Fr. Z 2 (223) (perhaps Mantua, between 1389 and 1394)

Further details

1. Jocasta in the Argive camp; 2. Death of the Tiger; 3. Battle scene; 4. Eteocles and Polyneices kill each other

Artist or creator

Mantuan (attributed)

Date

1389 - 1394

Location

Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Fr. Z. II (223)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Book, text or document (source of image)

Folio: 81v.

Notes on photograph

Collection

Hamburg stamp (Bibliothek Warburg)

Rights and Permissions

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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