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The death of King Cunmont.                             
Vincent de Beauvais,"Le Miroir Historial"              
MS.722/1196,folio 129 recto. French,15th.
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The death of King Cunmont. Vincent de Beauvais,"Le...

King Jean II Le Bon surrenders to the Black Prince     
after the Battle of Poitiers,1356.                     
From the Chronicles of Jean Froissart (1333-1400),     
Book 1, Ms 873,ex 501,folio 201 verso.
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King Jean II Le Bon surrenders to the Black Prince after the Battle of Poit...

A battleship of Alfonso X,the Wise.                    
From "Les Cantiques de Sainte Marie",Spanish,13th.
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A battleship of Alfonso X,the Wise. From "Les Cantiques de S...

Two Arabs playing chess in a tent. Spanish,13th        
From: Alfonso the Wise,"Book of Games"                 
Ms.1282,folio 62 verso.
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Two Arabs playing chess in a tent. Spanish,13th From: Alfonso the Wise,"...

Psalter of Ingeburg of Denmark,France,around 1210.
MS 9/1695,fol.37 verso
Initial "B",for the psalm "Beatus Vir";
King Samuel anoints young David.
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Psalter of Ingeburg of Denmark,France,around 1210. MS 9/1695,fol.37 verso Initia...

Bible,France,13th.MS 21,fol.219
David and Goliath;King David playing the harp.
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Bible,France,13th.MS 21,fol.219 David and Goliath;King David playing the harp.

Psalter of Saint Louis,1253-1270.
MS lat.10525,fol.6
Abraham presents booty and prisoners to the
Priest-King Melchizedek.
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Psalter of Saint Louis,1253-1270. MS lat.10525,fol.6 Abraham presents booty and...

Breviary of Queen Jeanne d'Evreux,France,14th
MS 51,vol.2,fol.53.
King David playing the chimes.
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Breviary of Queen Jeanne d'Evreux,France,14th MS 51,vol.2,fol.53. King David pla...

Magnus Eriksson,Code of Law.Sweden,around 1450.        
Miniature showing a king dispensing justice.
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Magnus Eriksson,Code of Law.Sweden,around 1450. Miniature showing a king...

Philippe III le Hardi (1245-1285),French King          
1270-1285,captures the castle Foix to avenge the       
murder of Arnaud,brother of the Count of Armagnac,     
killed by Girard,master of the fortress of Casanlon.   
From the Chronique de Saint Denis,15th
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Philippe III le Hardi (1245-1285),French King 1270-1285,captures the c...

Alexander the Great exploring the sea in a glass diving bell,
around 1400-1425.Alexander the Great,wearing his crown,
sits with a cat and a chicken in a contraption lowered by
rope from a ship.Legendary scene from "Le Livre et la vraye
histoire du bon roy Alexandre".
Roy.20.B.XX.fol.77 v
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Alexander the Great exploring the sea in a glass diving bell, around 1400-1425....

Sir Bedivere returns the sword Excalibur to the lake,
around 1300-1325. A legendary scene of Sir Bedivere returning King Arthur's sword Excalibur to the lake at the dying Arthur's command .A hand emerging from the lake grasps the sword the knight has just thrown. From the
"Saint Graal",a French text. Add,10294,fol.94 Min
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Sir Bedivere returns the sword Excalibur to the lake, around 1300-1325. A legen...