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The seduction of Yussuf by Suleika,from a book of tales. From Herat, Afghanistan, 1488. 30,5 x 21,5 cm, see also 02-01-01/26 Inv. MS Arab Farsi 908
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The seduction of Yussuf by Suleika,from a book of tales. From Herat, Af...

Lancelot and Guinevre in bed, around 1300-1310. From the Lancelot Romance. ID; Add 10293, fol.312 v
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Lancelot and Guinevre in bed, around 1300-1310. From the Lancelot Romance. ID;...

Codex Matritensis: Enthronement of Lombard King Ratchis (744).
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Codex Matritensis: Enthronement of Lombard King Ratchis (744).

King David of Israel with harp and companions. From the First Bible of Charles the Bald (also known as the Count Vivian Bible or the Vivian Bible). 846 CE; 495mm x 345 mm
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King David of Israel with harp and companions. From the First Bible of Charles...

Charlemagne (742-814) and his third son Pippin (773–810) giving edicts to a clerk. Illuminated manuscript; 10th century.
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Charlemagne (742-814) and his third son Pippin (773–810) giving edicts to a cler...

King David playing the harp surrounded by his musicians. Psalter, 12th century.
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King David playing the harp surrounded by his musicians. Psalter, 12th century.

King David playing the harp. Psalter, 12th century.
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King David playing the harp. Psalter, 12th century.

King Harold II of England is killed by William the Conqueror by an arrow in the eye during the battle of Hastings, 1066. Illumintated manuscript; 13th century.
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King Harold II of England is killed by William the Conqueror by an arrow in the...

King David playing a psaltery accompanied by tuba, organ and cymbal players. From the Psalterium Beatae Elisabeth. Illuminated manuscript; 13th century.
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King David playing a psaltery accompanied by tuba, organ and cymbal players. Fro...

King Louis IX of France embarking for the last crusade in 1270. From the History of Saint Louis. Illuminated manuscript; 1280.
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King Louis IX of France embarking for the last crusade in 1270. From the History...

Two men playing chess from the "Book of Games". The Libro de los Juegos, ("Book of Games"), or Libro de ajedrez, dados y tablas, ("Book of chess, dice and tables") was commissioned by Alfonso X, King of Leon and Castile, during the 13th century between 1251 and 1283. It consists of 98 pages, with 150 color illustrations. The games covered include chess (including the earliest known European chess problems), dice, and tables (the family of games that includes backgammon). It contains the earliest known description of some of these games, including many games imported from the Arab kingdoms. It is one of the most important documents for researching the history of board games.
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Two men playing chess from the "Book of Games". The Libro de los Juegos, ("Book...

Manesse Codex (sheet 17r): Heinrich I Duke of Askanien and Prince von Anhalt (around 1170-1252), nephew of Heinrich III of Meißen. The Manesse Codex or Grosse Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg Library, Cod. Pal. germ. 848) is a book copied and illustrated between 1305-1340 in Zürich, presumably compiled by Johannes Hadlaub. It contains love songs in Middle High German by important poets, several of whom were famous rulers. The term for these poets, Minnesänger, combines the words for "romantic love" and "singer", reflecting the content of the poetry, which adapted the Provençal troubador tradition to German. This manuscript has 137 portraits of the authors which depict each poet, some of them as idealized knights, dressed in their own heraldic colors and devices, making it possible for readers to identify them.
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Manesse Codex (sheet 17r): Heinrich I Duke of Askanien and Prince von Anhalt (ar...