Battle Scene. Dimensions: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm). Date: 13th century.This scene depicts a battle in which the central figure appears to be the only one who has not lost a limb. Severed heads, arms, and legs and a man who has lost his hand are arranged across the composition. The legs and tail of a downed horse are visible at the lower left. The sketchy drawing and thin wash used for the figures suggest that the image was produced in thirteenth-century Egypt. The curved swords are associated with "Saracens", as found in a thirteenth-century European illustration of a Crusader battle. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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