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Building a galley in a Venice shipyard, from "Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam", first printed in Latin in 1486. Breidenbach, Canonicus and Dean of Mainz, travelled to Palestine in 1484-1485. Coloured woodcut.
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Building a galley in a Venice shipyard, from "Peregrinatio in Terram...

"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179).The book, Codex Rupertsberg,disappeared during WW II.Transparen- cies are from a facsimile.The tower of the Church. Saints and Apostles work on its completion.
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"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von...

King Louis VI le Gros (Louis the Fat) overseeing the construction of a church. From the Grandes Chroniques de France,fol.235 verso.
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King Louis VI le Gros (Louis the Fat) overseeing the construction of a ch...

Les Heures d'Etienne Chavalier:Saint Margaret and the Prefect Olybrius.Ms.fr.71,around 1445
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Les Heures d'Etienne Chavalier:Saint Margaret and the Prefect Olybrius.Ms....

La Bible Historiale,1350-1355. French,parchment, 45,5 x 31,5 cm,two volumes, 199 and 249 pages. Illustration for the First Book of Esdras: The reconstruction of the Temple in Jerusalem ordered by Persian King Cyrus.Volume 1, fol.207 verso.
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La Bible Historiale,1350-1355. French,parchment, 45,5 x 31,5 cm,two volum...

Les Grandes Chroniques de France,a history of French Royalty.Early 15th,French,parchment,41 x 29,3 cm, three volumes,122,219 and 190 pages. The French are issued from the Trojans;the Trojan War and the foundation of Paris.Volume 1,fol.4 verso.
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,a history of French Royalty.Early 15th,Frenc...

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 man digs for orpiment,a yellow mineral.Fol.43
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Le Livre des simples medecines - translation into French from the 12th cen...

Chronique de la Bouquechardiere,world-history composed by Jean de Courcy (1350-1431),seigneur de Bourg-Achard. Around 1470,French,parchment,43 x 31 cm,364 pages. The Trojans build four cities:"Venyse","Cycambre", "Carthage" and "Romme".Volume 1, fol.138.
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Chronique de la Bouquechardiere,world-history composed by Jean de Courcy (1350-...

Le Livre des Simples Medecines, end 15th,early 16th; French,parchment,35,5 x 26 cm,164 pages. "Natural products",the basis of many medicines:resin, nutmeg,musk,lapis-lazuli,pearls,vinegar;bottom row a stove to smelt glass.fol.242
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Le Livre des Simples Medecines, end 15th,early 16th; French,parchment,35,5 x...

Carpenter with a saw, another with an axe. Mosaic (12th)
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Carpenter with a saw, another with an axe....

Craftsmen building the Ark (note medieval tools). Detail from the story of Noah and the Flood, in the arcades of the atrium. Mosaic
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Craftsmen building the Ark (note medieval tools). Detail from the story of...

The foundation of the monastery of the Fratres Minores in Valenciennes,France.Initial "R". From the History of the Princes of the Hainaut by Jaques de Guise. French,second half 15th. Ms 149 t.3,fol.235
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The foundation of the monastery of the Fratres Minores in Valenciennes,France.I...