The painting on f. 23v depicts a tournament in a Flemish city. Attended by their servants are two knights on their mounts in the foreground attempting to strike the other down with their swords. Their broken lances lie on the ground. A mounted herald on the left sounds a small trumpet, whilst two armed riders on the right wait their turn to fight. Jousting in the centre of the tournament field are two knights on either side of a palisade. A large crowd in the background watches the jousting from behind a barrier and the city authorities from the privileged position of a raised platform. The city is depicted in the distance as a group of churches and secular buildings of different periods which can be seen to be an adaptation of existing elements rather than an actual place in Bruges. Depicted in the bottom border around the scene are several children jousting on wooden horses in an ironic allusion, or concession to moralists, about the combat taking place in the main painting.
The painting on f. 23v depicts a tournament in a Flemish city. Attended by their servants are two knights on their mounts in the foreground attempting to strike the other down with their swords. Their broken lances lie on the ground. A mounted herald on the left sounds a small trumpet, whilst two armed riders on the right wait their turn to fight. Jousting in the centre of the tournament field are two knights on either side of a palisade. A large crowd in the background watches the jousting from behind a barrier and the city authorities from the privileged position of a raised platform. The city is depicted in the distance as a group of churches and secular buildings of different periods which can be seen to be an adaptation of existing elements rather than an actual place in Bruges. Depicted in the bottom border around the scene are several children jousting on wooden horses in an ironic allusion, or concession to moralists, about the combat taking place in the main painting.
Carlos Miranda García-Tejedor Doctor in History
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