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L'Information des Rois et des Princes,around 1410. French,parchment,32 x 23 cm; 163 pages. A king,surrounded by councillors, watches a knight take an oath before an altar,fol.119 verso.
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L'Information des Rois et des Princes,around 1410. French,parchment,32 x 23...

Les Grandes Chroniques de France,a history of the French kings.Early 15th,French,parchment,41 x 29,3 cm, three volumes,122,219 and 190 pages. Edward I of England visits Philippe IV le Bel of France.As a vassal he bends his knee before the French king.fol.2 verso.
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,a history of the French kings.Early 15th,...

Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm 441 pages.Probably written and painted in the Abbey of St.Bertin.Charles Martell imprisoned in Cologne;he flees and wins three battles and conquers Alemannia,Suabia and Bavaria.Fol.102
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm...

Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm 441 pages.Probably written and painted in the Abbey of St.Bertin.The dream of King Charles le Chauve.When Louis le Begne learns of the dream,he has the ashes transferred to St.Denis.Fol.208
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm...

Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm 441 pages. Good King Louis IX (the Saint)during the 7th crusade: his ships on the Nile;battle against the Sarazens; burial of masons killed by the Sarazens. Fol.338
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm...

Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm 441 pages.Probably written and painted in the Abbey of St.Bertin.The coronation of Philippe VI in Reims,1328.The battle of Cassel in which the French subdued the Flemish uprising.Fol.398
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm...

Chronique de la Bouquechardiere,world-history composed by Jean de Courcy (1350-1431),seigneur de Bourg-Achard. Around 1470,French,parchment,43 x 31 cm,364 pages. King Priam greets his son Paris and Helena,whom Paris has abducted.Volume 1,fol.85
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Chronique de la Bouquechardiere,world-history composed by Jean de Courcy (1350-...

The Book of the Game of Chess,Swiss-German,end 14th. A pawn.fol.104 verso.
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The Book of the Game of Chess,Swiss-German,end 14th. A pawn.fol.104 verso.

The Book of the Game of Chess,Suiss-German,end 14th. Pawn,holding three dice in his right hand. fol.104 verso.
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The Book of the Game of Chess,Suiss-German,end 14th. Pawn,holding three dice...

Saint Louis IX instructing his son Philippe,later Philippe III Le Hardi (1245-1285). From the Receuil de Traite de Devotion.French, around 1371-1378, Ms 137/1687, fol.119 verso.
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Saint Louis IX instructing his son Philippe,later Philippe III Le Hardi (1...

The Tree of Jesse,surrounded by biblical personages. From Rabanus Maurus,De Laudibus Sancte Crucis. French,1250-1300. Ms 240 fol.11
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The Tree of Jesse,surrounded by biblical personages. From Rabanus Maurus,De L...

Wedding of the Virgin. From Les Grandes Heures de Jean de Berry.Initial D,inside the initial the parents of the Virgin take her to the temple. French,1409,Ms lat.919 fol.37 Saint's day: 26 July
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Wedding of the Virgin. From Les Grandes Heures de Jean de Berry.Initial D...