metod-wang

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metod-wang, m.n: the plain where the decrees of fate are executed, a battlefield. (MEH-tod-WONG / ˈmɛ-tɔd-ˌwaŋ)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a battlefield; one soldier leans on an axe, another leads a horse and carries a shield, a crowned soldier gestures with one finger in front of him, and another three soldiers converse amongst themselves.
The First Battle of Lincoln (1141) in Henry of Huntingdon’s Historia Anglorum; England, late 12th century; British Library, Arundel MS 48, f. 168v. [blogs.bl.uk]

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