1-631-024 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Judicial Duel, the plaintiff opening his case before the judge, 15th century (1849). A 19th century version of an original 15th century manuscript illustration in Ceremonies des Gages de Bataille, held at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Séré and A Rivaud, Volume I (Paris, 1849).