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FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

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Moses receives the Tablets of the Law,9th century.God hands the Ten Commandments to Moses on the mountain. Below, Moses shows the tablets to the Jews who stand in a room with arched windows with curtains at either side. From the Moutier-Grandval Bible. Add.10546,fol.25 v.
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Moses receives the Tablets of the Law,9th century.God hands the Ten Commandments...

A phoenix plucks at vegetation with it beak and talons.At right it lies in the flames,ready to be reborn from the ashes. Illustration from a page of text from a Bestiary or moralized natural history in Latin. The principal source is a translation of the Greek work called Physiologu. Roy.12.C.XIX.fol.49v (detail)
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A phoenix plucks at vegetation with it beak and talons.At right it lies in the...

Aaron lighting the Menorah,around 1280.Aaron,stretching on his toes and pouring oil into the Menorah,the seven-branched candelabrum,with a Hebrew text below. From the "North French Miscellany" a Hebrew manuscript, written in Northern France by Benjamin the Scribe. Add 11639,fol.114 r
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Aaron lighting the Menorah,around 1280.Aaron,stretching on his toes and pouring...

Soldiers pillage a house in Paris,around 1375-1400. Armed soldiers remove goods from a house in Paris;two carry a chest while others throw things out of windows.Another group drink wine from a barrel,left. Roy.20.C.VII,fol.41 v.Min.
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Soldiers pillage a house in Paris,around 1375-1400. Armed soldiers remove goods...

Scene from the Battle of Crecy,1346.Fierce fighting between soldiers and knights in armour during the Battle of Crecy, Picardie,France. From "Les Chroniques de France" Cott.Nero.E.II.fol.152 v (detail).
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Scene from the Battle of Crecy,1346.Fierce fighting between soldiers and knight...

The Building of the Tower of Bable,1475-1500.Builders construct the Tower of Bable from stone, using a winch and scaffolding.Men in the foreground inspect the progress. In the background is a courtyard and more workmen. From a page of illustrated Latin text from a Book od Hours. Add.35313.fol.34.
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The Building of the Tower of Bable,1475-1500.Builders construct the Tower of B...

Tobit,blind in bed, attended by two women,around 1470. Set in a cosy interior,one of the women sits by the fire concocting a recipe, while the other holds a dish.Tobi lies in the background. From volume IV of a biblical history by Guyart des Moulins. Roy.15.D.I.fol.18
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Tobit,blind in bed, attended by two women,around 1470. Set in a cosy interior,o...

Joseph and the Pharaoh, 1300-1330. In the top left Joseph is interpreting the pharaoh's dream: there would be seven years of good harvest, followed by seven years of famine. During the fat years the Egyptians store food and survive, unlike their neighbours. Bottom left: Joseph and his brothers; right: a man is ordered to be bound and led away. ID: Add 27210,fol. f 7 recto.
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Joseph and the Pharaoh, 1300-1330. In the top left Joseph is interpreting the ph...

Jonah in the mouth of the whale, early 15th. Jonah tries to hold on to a rock as the whale swallows him. From "La Bible Historiaulx ou les Histoires Escolastres". ID: Roy 15 D III, fol. 398 verso (detail)
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Jonah in the mouth of the whale, early 15th. Jonah tries to hold on to a rock as...

God appears to Moses and the people, who are shown with oriental dress and scimitars. 1411. ID: Royal 19 D III,fol. 74
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God appears to Moses and the people, who are shown with oriental dress and scimi...

Adrastus reconciles Polynices and Tydeus, around 1500. The two young men kneel in suits of armour, in front of Adrastus, with their respective coats of arms on their shoulders. From the Troy Book and the Story of Thebes, by John Lydgate.
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Adrastus reconciles Polynices and Tydeus, around 1500. The two young men kneel...

Scenes from the "Golden Haggadah", around 1320. Eight scenes against a gold background depicting Jacob's dream, the binding of Isaac, Lot and his daughters, Isaac blessing Jacob, Lot's wife turned to a pillar of salt, Pharaoh's dream and Joseph interpreting the dreams. From northern Spain. ID: Add 27210, fol. 4v - 5.
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Scenes from the "Golden Haggadah", around 1320. Eight scenes against a gold back...