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Boccaccio The Book of Noble Men and Women, France,around 1410.MS 5193,fol.305 Copy of Jean Sans Peur,Duke of Burgundy (1371-1419). Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem.
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Boccaccio The Book of Noble Men and Women, France,around 1410.MS 51...

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...

Jean de Courcy,Chronicle "La Bouquechardiere", France,mid-15th.MS728,fol.7 Noah's Ark,The City of Argos,Construction of Athens.
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Jean de Courcy,Chronicle "La Bouquechardiere", France,mid-15th.MS728,fo...

Speculum Humanae Salvationis,Flemish,15th.MS 139. fol.15 recto:David and Goliath;David kills the bear and the lion.
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Speculum Humanae Salvationis,Flemish,15th.MS 139. fol.15 recto:David and G...

Speculum Humanae Salvationis,Flemish,15th.MS 139. fol.42 verso:The Damned;David takes the city of Rabbah.
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Speculum Humanae Salvationis,Flemish,15th.MS 139. fol.42 verso:The Damned;...

Speculum Humanae Salvationis,Flemish,15th.MS 139. fol.17 verso:David carries the head of Goliath; Heliodorus driven from the Temple,after trying to confiscate the temple treasure (Macc.II,3,7-40) See also:40-08-09/23,40-11-04/68.40-12-20/28.
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Speculum Humanae Salvationis,Flemish,15th.MS 139. fol.17 verso:David carri...

Antoine Dufour:Vie des Femmes Celebres - The Lives of Famous Women.France,around 1505,MS 17. Athalia,daughter of King Ahab,killing all male heirs to become Queen of Judah (2 Kings 11,1-20).
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Antoine Dufour:Vie des Femmes Celebres - The Lives of Famous Women.France,a...

Antoine Dufour:Vie des Femmes Celebres - The Lives of Famous Women.France,around 1505,MS 17. Esther before King Ahasverus.
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Antoine Dufour:Vie des Femmes Celebres - The Lives of Famous Women.France,a...

Antoine Dufour:Vie des Femmes Celebres - The Lives of Famous Women.France,around 1505,MS 17. The Queen of Sheba and King Solomon.
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Antoine Dufour:Vie des Femmes Celebres - The Lives of Famous Women.France,a...

Hours of the Connetable Anne de Montmorency(1493-1567) France,1549,MS 1476/1943. fol.40 verso:Susannah and the Elders
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Hours of the Connetable Anne de Montmorency(1493-1567) France,1549,MS 1476/1943...

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...

The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on purple parchment,contains the gospel of Matthew and almost the entire gospel of Mark.Size:30 x 25 cm.Inscriptions and 40 verses are from the Psalms and Prophets.Folio 1:The Raising of Lazarus,Jn.XI,44.Prophets:David,Hosea,David, Isaiah. I Samuel;II,6,Hosea XIII,14.Ps LXXVI,15a;Is XXVI,19. Origin perhaps Aleppo,Syria.
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The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on purple parchment,conta...