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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...

L'Information des Rois et des Princes,around 1410. French,parchment,32 x 23 cm; 163 pages. The author (or translator?)offers his book to a ruler (Saint Louis or Charles V of France);representatives of the estates take part in the ceremony. fol.10
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L'Information des Rois et des Princes,around 1410. French,parchment,32 x 23...

L'Information des Rois et des Princes,around 1410. French,parchment,32 x 23 cm; 163 pages. A king,surrounded by councillors, watches a knight take an oath before an altar,fol.119 verso.
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L'Information des Rois et des Princes,around 1410. French,parchment,32 x 23...

Les Grandes Chroniques de France,a history of the French kings.Early 15th,French,parchment,41 x 29,3 cm, three volumes,122,219 and 190 pages. Edward I of England visits Philippe IV le Bel of France.As a vassal he bends his knee before the French king.fol.2 verso.
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,a history of the French kings.Early 15th,...

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
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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 dream of King Charles le Chauve.When Louis le Begne learns of the dream,he has the ashes transferred to St.Denis.Fol.208
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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. Good King Louis IX (the Saint)during the 7th crusade: his ships on the Nile;battle against the Sarazens; burial of masons killed by the Sarazens. Fol.338
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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 coronation of Philippe VI in Reims,1328.The battle of Cassel in which the French subdued the Flemish uprising.Fol.398
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm...

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. King Priam greets his son Paris and Helena,whom Paris has abducted.Volume 1,fol.85
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Chronique de la Bouquechardiere,world-history composed by Jean de Courcy (1350-...

Plutarque,Dicours sur le Mariage de Pollion et Eurydice end 15th,early 16th.French,parchment,24,5 x 16,5 cm, 46 pages.Translation from the Latin by Jean Laudet,1499 for the wedding of Anne de Bretagne with Louis XII. Presentation of the book to Louis XII.fo.2 verso.
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Plutarque,Dicours sur le Mariage de Pollion et Eurydice end 15th,early 16th.Fren...

Plutarque,Dicours sur le Mariage de Pollion et Eurydice end 15th,early 16th.French,parchment,24,5 x 16,5 cm, 46 pages.Translation from the Latin by Jean Laudet,1499 for the wedding of Anne de Bretagne.God Mercury ex- plains that marriage must be based on love (Venus).fol1
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Plutarque,Dicours sur le Mariage de Pollion et Eurydice end 15th,early 16th.Fren...

Epistres en Vers Francois,dedicated to Anne de Bretagne Early 16th,French and Latin,parchment,29,5 x 19,5 cm, 112 pages.King Louis XII writes to his wife Anne de Bretagne,asking her to join him in Italy.fol.51 verso.
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Epistres en Vers Francois,dedicated to Anne de Bretagne Early 16th,French and La...