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Alexander Fights in the Town of the Sudracae; Livre des fais d'Alexandre le grant, about 1470-1475. Additional Info: In a suit of golden armor, Alexander the Great battles valiantly in the town of the Sudracae in India. Having foolishly jumped over the ramparts into the enemy city without reinforcements, he must defend himself in prolonged hand-to-hand combat. The illuminator used the device of a cut-away view of the city wall in order to show both Alexander within the town and his army outside, attempting to scale the wall to come to his rescue. The entire scene is presented in fifteenth-century guise, with the town of the Sudracae resembling a northern European walled city more than anything Indian.