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Duc Jean de Berry quitte son chateau pour un voyage - Duke Jean de Berry leaves his castle for a voyage. Page appended to the "Petits heures" prayer book of Duke Jean de Berry (1340-1416) MS Lat.18014,fol.288 verso.
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Duc Jean de Berry quitte son chateau pour un voyage - Duke Jean de Berry leave...

The fight of the soul - from the "Consolation of Philosophy" by Boethius, Ms.3945,fol.94 recto. France, end 15th
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The fight of the soul - from the "Consolation of Philosophy" by Boethius,...

Antiochus and the seven Macabee brothers. From an illustrated edition of Josephus Flavius, The Jewish War.Ms.776/1061,fol.21
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Antiochus and the seven Macabee brothers. From an illustrated edit...

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.

Pierre Le Baud,"Compilation des Chroniques et histoires des Bretons".The siege of the castle of Jean de Derval during the Hundred Years'War.Right:Du Guesclin on a white horse;left:In front of his tent, Louis d'Anjou receives a royal order.folio 281, FR 8266
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Pierre Le Baud,"Compilation des Chroniques et histoires des Bretons".The siege o...

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...

Recit du Tournoi de Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee "Pas du Perron", 1470-1480.French,Paper,36 x 27 cm, 48 pages.Renee d'Anjou, on the side of the defenders, prepares to fight the Duc d"Alencon.In a symbolic gesture, his lady leads his horse on a leash.Fol.24.
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Recit du Tournoi de Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee "Pas du Perron", 1470-14...

L'Estrif de Vertu et Fortune - The Fight Between Virtue and Fortune,poem by Martin Le Franc for Philippe Le Bon of Burgundy.Illustrations perhaps by Fouquet. French,parchment,28,5 x 20,5 cm,101 pages.Fortune and Virtue vaunt their merits before Reason.Fol.1 verso.
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L'Estrif de Vertu et Fortune - The Fight Between Virtue and Fortune,poem by Mart...

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...

Les Onze Joies de Mariage - The eleven joys of marriage 1485,French,paper,27,9 x 20 cm, 126 pages.A satyre on married life.8th "joy":The husband suffers during a difficult delivery;his wife leaves on a pilgrimage with her lover;souvenir-booths upon arrival.
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Les Onze Joies de Mariage - The eleven joys of marriage 1485,French,paper,27,9 x...

Les Onze Joies de Mariage - The eleven joys of marriage 1485,French,paper,27,9 x 20 cm, 126 pages.A satyre on married life.Below right:the husband leaves for battle.Left top:the dog barks,the wife's lover enters through the window.Seeking shelter in the castle.
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Les Onze Joies de Mariage - The eleven joys of marriage 1485,French,paper,27,9 x...