An illustration from a manuscript of
Topographia Hibernica
(The Topography of Ireland)
written in 1187
by Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales)

British Library Ms. Royal 13 B VIII
This copy made in 1196-1198 or 1207-1208

One Irish axeman slays another

Illustration from the bottom margin of folio 28r (Topographia Hibernica)

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Another picture of One Irish axeman slays another in National Library of Ireland Ms. 700
Another picture of One Irish axeman slays another in Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 720, pt.II.

Source: British Library Ms. Royal 13 B VIII



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