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Nativity.From the Petites heures du Duc de Berry;      
initial D. Ms lat.18014,fol.38.                        
French,around 1390.
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Nativity.From the Petites heures du Duc de Berry; initial D. Ms lat.18014,...

Deploration. From the Grandes Heures de Rohan,         
French, around 1418.Ms let.9471,fol.135.
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Deploration. From the Grandes Heures de Rohan, French, around 1418.Ms l...

Knight in armour with fancyful "firearm".              
From MS.lat. 7239, "De rebus militaribus" by           
Taccola (Mariano Daniello di Jacopo)                   
Fol. 70 verso                                          
Siena, 1449
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Knight in armour with fancyful "firearm". From MS.lat. 7239, "De r...

Pamphlet (printed at Amiens in 1526) showing           
Francois I offering his heart to his wife, Claude de   
France, and a mere bunch of flowers to the Virgin Mary 
The pamphlet is a veiled attack on life at court.
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Pamphlet (printed at Amiens in 1526) showing Francois I offering his...

"A l'Ombre des Jeunes Filles en Fleurs", drawing       
by Marcel Proust for one volume of his famous novel    
"A la Recherche du Temps perdu".
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"A l'Ombre des Jeunes Filles en Fleurs", drawing by Marcel Proust for one...

Proust's "American Notebooks," with manuscript pages   
from his novel "A la Recherche du Temps Perdu."
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Proust's "American Notebooks," with manuscript pages from his novel "A la Rec...

Jeanne d'Arc at the stake,from "Les Vigiles de         
Charles VII" by Martial de Paris, 1484.                
MS fr.5054, fol.71
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Jeanne d'Arc at the stake,from "Les Vigiles de Charles VII" by Martial...

Sultan Omar rebuilds the Temple in Jerusalem.          
From Guillaume de Tyr,"Histoire de la Conquete         
de Jerusalem", Ms.fr 2629,folio 17.French,15th.
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Sultan Omar rebuilds the Temple in Jerusalem. From Guillaume de Tyr,"H...

The French and English armies face each other.         
From Jean de Wavrin "Anciennes Chroniques d'Angleterre"
Ms.3199 fr 82,fol.59
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The French and English armies face each other. From Jean de Wavrin "Anc...

The Nine Muses.                                        
From Martin le Franc,"Le champion des Dames",          
French, 1451.    Ms.12476,folio 109.
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The Nine Muses. From Martin le Franc,"Le...

Divina Commedia:Dante Allighieri writing at his desk.  
Ornate initial. Ms.74,folio 3.Italian,late 14th.
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Divina Commedia:Dante Allighieri writing at his desk. Ornate initial. Ms.74,fo...

Dante and Virgil in the underworld(detail),with a      
commentary by Guinforte delle Bargigi. Italian,15th.   
Ms.2017,folio 245.
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Dante and Virgil in the underworld(detail),with a commentary by Guinforte...