7 subcategories
Birds

BIRDS

Cats

CATS

Dogs

DOGS

Fish

FISH

Horses

HORSES

Insects

INSECTS

Mytological Animals

MYTOLOGICAL ANIMALS

5,202 photos
Recit du Tournoi du Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee  
"Pas du Perron", 1470-1480.French,Paper,36 x 27 cm,    
48 pages.The count of Tancarville defies the defending 
party by hitting their coat of arms with his lance.    
His caparison shows the colours of the attackers.Fol.9
#15020723

Recit du Tournoi du Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee "Pas du Perron", 1470-14...

Recit du Tournoi de Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee  
"Pas du Perron", 1470-1480.French,Paper,36 x 27 cm,    
48 pages.The defenders leave their castle:Two heraldic 
lions,a knight wearing the colours of the defending    
party,musicians,a herold with turban,a lady.Fol.6
#15020724

Recit du Tournoi de Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee "Pas du Perron", 1470-14...

Recit du Tournoi de Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee  
"Pas du Perron", 1470-1480.French,Paper,36 x 27 cm,    
48 pages.Renee d'Anjou, on the side of the defenders,  
prepares to fight the Duc d"Alencon.In a symbolic      
gesture, his lady leads his horse on a leash.Fol.24.
#15020725

Recit du Tournoi de Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee "Pas du Perron", 1470-14...

Recit du Tournoi de Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee  
"Pas du Perron", 1470-1480.French,Paper,36 x 27 cm,    
48 pages. Jousting between the Count Ferry de Lorraine 
and the Count d'Eu. The barrier avoids collision of    
the riders.The Count of Lorraine won. Fol.22 verso.
#15020726

Recit du Tournoi de Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee "Pas du Perron", 1470-14...

Le Livre des simples medecines -  translation into     
French from the 12th century Latin manuscript of       
Matthaeus Platearius,physician in Salerno,Italy.       
Middle 15th,Parchment,29 x 20 cm,221 pages.            
A hive with bees. Fol.149
#15020730

Le Livre des simples medecines - translation into French from the 12th cen...

Le Livre des simples medecines -  translation into     
French from the 12th century Latin manuscript of       
Matthaeus Platearius,physician in Salerno,Italy.       
Middle 15th,Parchment,29 x 20 cm,221 pages.A stag,     
whose antlers were said to have medicinal properties.
#15020731

Le Livre des simples medecines - translation into French from the 12th cen...

L'Estrif de Vertu et Fortune - The Fight Between Virtue
and Fortune,poem by Martin Le Franc for Philippe       
Le Bon of Burgundy.Illustrations perhaps by Fouquet.   
French,parchment,28,5 x 20,5 cm,101 pages.Fortune and  
Virtue vaunt their merits before Reason.Fol.1 verso.
#15020735

L'Estrif de Vertu et Fortune - The Fight Between Virtue and Fortune,poem by Mart...

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 Charlemagne:right Charlemagne is crowned in St.Peter
in Rome;left:presents from the king of Persia.Fol.120 v
#15020739

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 story of     
Roland,the treacherous Ganelon and Charlemagne.An      
angel carries Roland's soul to heaven. Fol.154 verso.
#15020740

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.Charles Martell  
imprisoned in Cologne;he flees and wins three battles  
and conquers Alemannia,Suabia and Bavaria.Fol.102
#15020741

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 battle of   
Crecy,1346,when the French suffered a defeat by        
English troops under King Edward III.Fol.422.
#15020742

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 uprising of  
the counts of Flanders,in the center Robert d'Artois,  
commanding the French, falls from his horse.Fol.373
#15020743

Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm...