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Meeting of Alexander the Great and the amazons, 1400-1425. Alexander and his soldiers are confronted by an army of women on horseback,led by a queen. From "Le Livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre". ID: Roy 20 B XX, fol. 47 verso.
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Meeting of Alexander the Great and the amazons, 1400-1425. Alexander and his sol...

Alexander, fighting Porus of India in single combat, charges and unhorses him with a thrust of his lance. Their respective armies look on. From "Le Livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre". ID: Roy 20 B XX. fol. 53
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Alexander, fighting Porus of India in single combat, charges and unhorses him wi...

Alexander the Great and his knights battling dragons, early 15th. The dragons have emeralds set into their foreheads. One of the dragons seems to have been killed. From "Le Livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre" ID: Roy 20 B XX fol. 73
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Alexander the Great and his knights battling dragons, early 15th. The dragons ha...

Richard II orders the execution of a rebel, late 15th. The rebel is kneeling down in prayer as a man raises a sword to kill him. From "Chronique d'Angleterre". ID: Roy 14 E IV, fol. 98 verso.
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Richard II orders the execution of a rebel, late 15th. The rebel is kneeling dow...

Agamemnon and Achilles, around 1500. King Agamemnon is at council in his tent. He and his men wear armour and ermine-trimmed robes. On the left a gold statue of a god. Achilles is in bed in a tent behind. Fom the Troy Book and the Story of Thebes by John Lydgate. ID:Roy 18 D II fol.95
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Agamemnon and Achilles, around 1500. King Agamemnon is at council in his tent. H...

Masons building a tower. They use tools to shape stone blocks. Nobles watch the proceedings, one sits on a canopied throne. Right half of a diptych from the Isabella Breviary, presented to Queen Isabella of Spain by Francisco de Roias. ID: Add 18851, fol. 184-185 (detail).
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Masons building a tower. They use tools to shape stone blocks. Nobles watch the...

Nebuchadnezzar II besieges Jerusalem, around 1405-1415. From the "Great Bible", St. Jerome version. ID:Royal 1 E.IX, fol.222
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Nebuchadnezzar II besieges Jerusalem, around 1405-1415. From the "Great Bible",...

Heinrich (Henry) III., Holy Roman Emperor(1017-1056) and his wife Agnes, left and right of Saint Mary. Codex Aureus of Speyer 1045-1046, Vit.17, fol. 3r
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Heinrich (Henry) III., Holy Roman Emperor(1017-1056) and his wife Agnes, left an...

Romanesque codex of the 12th century: Liber Ceritanae: Queen and courtiers.
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Romanesque codex of the 12th century: Liber Ceritanae: Queen a...

Romanesque codex of the 12th century: Liber Feodorum: court scene and scribe.
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Romanesque codex of the 12th century: Liber Feodorum: court sc...

Romanesque codex of the 12th century: Liber Feodorum: scenes of a royal wedding.
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Romanesque codex of the 12th century: Liber Feodorum: scenes o...

The Tower of London Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans England; circa 1500 Royal 16 F. II, f.73.
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The Tower of London Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans England; circa 1500 Roy...