Caption:
Maccabees in armour on horseback, 13th century. Three sons of Mathathias in the Maccabean Revolt, 2nd century. Judas Maccabeus in visor helmet with mace, others in conical helmets, chainmail armour, riding caparisoned horses. From the Book of Maccabees in a manuscript Bible, MS T.L.2, Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal. Les Machabees, France, XIIIe Siecle. Chromolithograph by Emile Beau after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.