Herpin
Herpin is a 1470 German prose romance by Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Saarbrücken, copied as a hand-painted manuscript now held by Heidelberg University Library, likely for a noble courtly readership. The pictures are framed miniatures set beneath or beside blocks of gothic text, showing crenellated walled towns, armoured knights on horseback, and tented encampments in flat, bright colour with gold initials, suggesting medieval armour, banners and town architecture for costume or period-styled design.
