File:Byzantine Greek Alexander Manuscript 166 (cropped).JPG

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English: (Borders cropped) A fourteenth-century miniature Greek manuscript depicting scenes from the life of Alexander the Great. Late Byzantine-era Greek working class man from Beroea, Greece is depicted holding a scroll, and wearing a distinctive red cap, with light bracca (βράκκα) trousers tucked into knee-high boots. The entire scene is depicted entirely in Byzantine fashion of the late Byzantine period (1204-1453). “Alexander Romance” in S. Giorgio dei Greci in Venice.
Date between 1204 and 1453
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1204-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1453-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source image: Miniature of the Alexander Romance, a fourteenth-century book
Website: Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice
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