The Battle of Poictiers.
PLATE XXIX.
BATTLE OF POICTIERS.
The present beautiful Illumination is a spirited composition full of movement and invention, representing the great victory of Poictiers gained by the Black Prince over King John of France, whose army numbered seven to one of the English. The Illumination is especially intended to exhibit the great havoc and confusion caused by the English archers among the French horsemen, which, as Froissart asserts, mainly contributed to the fortune of the day.