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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....

Le Livre de la Cite des Dames - The City of Women.     
Ms.856/562,1405.Fol.1.
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Le Livre de la Cite des Dames - The City of Women. Ms.856/562,1405.Fol.1.

Scenes from the life of Christ:The three magi,or three 
kings,meet at one of the signposts put up by French    
King Charles V to guide pilgrims on their way from     
Paris to St.Denis.In the background Notre-Dame church  
and Sainte Chapelle in Paris.
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Scenes from the life of Christ:The three magi,or three kings,meet at one of the...

Scenes from the life of Christ: The adoration of the   
Three Magi.In the background the cathedral of Bourges  
and the tower belonging to the Dukes of Berry.
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Scenes from the life of Christ: The adoration of the Three Magi.In the backgr...

Scenes from the life of Christ:Christ leaves the       
house of Pontius Pilatus;behind him one of the         
malefactors.
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Scenes from the life of Christ:Christ leaves the house of Pontius Pilatus...

When a group of "savages" with hairy coats interrupted 
a court wedding,their costumes caught fire.Four dancers
died and Charles VI barely escaped,wrapped in the coat 
of the Duchess of Berry (28 January 1393).             
Chroniques de Jean Froissart,folio 176, FR 2646
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When a group of "savages" with hairy coats interrupted a court wedding,their co...

Outside the Porte St.Denis,King Charles VI of France   
greets his Queen Isabeau of Bavaria. This first visit  
of the Queen to Paris in 1389 marks the reconciliation 
of Charles VI and the city after a mutiny.             
Jean Froissart,Chroniques, folio 6  FR 2646
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Outside the Porte St.Denis,King Charles VI of France greets his Queen Isabeau...

Recit du Tournoi de Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee  
"Pas du Perron", 1470-1480.French,Paper,36 x 27 cm,    
48 pages.The defenders leave their castle:Two heraldic 
lions,a knight wearing the colours of the defending    
party,musicians,a herold with turban,a lady.Fol.6
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Recit du Tournoi de Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee "Pas du Perron", 1470-14...

Epistres en Vers Francois,dedicated to Anne de Bretagne
Early 16th,French and Latin,parchment,29,5 x 19,5 cm,
112 pages.Noblesse and Prouesse,two allegorical figures
behind them soldiers and pious ladies,address letters
to King Louis XII,husband of Anne.Fol.20 verso.
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Epistres en Vers Francois,dedicated to Anne de Bretagne Early 16th,French and La...

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...

Epistres en Vers Francois,dedicated to Anne de Bretagne
Early 16th,French and Latin,parchment,29,5 x 19,5 cm,  
112 pages.Anne de Bretagne replies to her husband.     
fol.40 verso
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Epistres en Vers Francois,dedicated to Anne de Bretagne Early 16th,French and La...

Epistres en Vers Francois,dediated to Anne de Bretagne.
Early 16th,French and Latin,parchment,29,5 x 19,5 cm,  
112 pages.King Louis XII writes to Hector of Troy.     
A messenger,Boreas the wind, waits to carry the letter 
to the Elysian Fields.fol.81 verso.
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Epistres en Vers Francois,dediated to Anne de Bretagne. Early 16th,French and La...