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The building of the Tower of Babel; in an architectural framework. From the Mass of the Virgin, Book of Hours illustrated by Gerard Horenbout. S. Netherlands (Bruges or Ghent), circa 1500. Shelfmark: Add. 35313 Page Folio Number: f.34
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The building of the Tower of Babel; in an architectural framework. From the Mass...

The building of the Tower of Babel. Building works include stones being raised on pulleys, wooden platforms, from which a man falls, and mixing mortar. Stone being carried by a camel. In foreground, stonemasons working with their tools. From the Bedford Hours illustrated by the Master of the Munich Golden Legends. France, Paris; 1414-1423. Shelfmark: Add. 18850 Page Folio Number: f.17v
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The building of the Tower of Babel. Building works include stones being raised...

August - Threshing. From the Playfair Book of Hours. France, Rouen; late 15th century.
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August - Threshing. From the Playfair Book of Hours. France, Rouen; late 15th c...

The triumph of Death - the death of Petrarca's Laura, the poet's lady love whom he immortalized in his sonnets "Il Canzoniere". Illuminated manuscript; 1503.
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The triumph of Death - the death of Petrarca's Laura, the poet's lady love whom...

August - barrel making. From the Breviary of Ercole I of Este. Illuminated manuscript; 15th century.
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August - barrel making. From the Breviary of Ercole I of Este. Illuminated manu...

December - disembowelling a pig. From the Breviary of Ercole I of Este. Illuminated manuscript; 15th century.
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December - disembowelling a pig. From the Breviary of Ercole I of Este. Illumina...

Tractatus de Herbis - herbal book after Dioscorides (40-90CE, ancient Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist): sugar extraction. Illuminated manuscript; France; 15th century.
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Tractatus de Herbis - herbal book after Dioscorides (40-90CE, ancient Greek phys...

Festival at the court of King Arthur. From the "Roman de Saint Graal". Around 1460. Ms.527. See also 15-02-05/62.
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Festival at the court of King Arthur. From the "Roman de Saint Graal". Around 14...

Giflet returns Excalibur to the lady in the Lake at the dying Arthur's command; a hand rises from the water to receive the sword. From "La Mort le Roi Artus". France; circa 1316. Shelfmark: Add. 10294 Page Folio Number: f.94
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Giflet returns Excalibur to the lady in the Lake at the dying Arthur's command;...

The Pope receives a delegation - Chronicle of the Council of Constance. From the "Concilium Constantiense". Augsburg; 1483.
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The Pope receives a delegation - Chronicle of the Council of Constance. From the...

Delegation of Moldavia - Chronicle of the Council of Constance. From the "Concilium Constantiense". Augsburg; 1483.
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Delegation of Moldavia - Chronicle of the Council of Constance. From the "Concil...

Three youthful kings confronted by three skeletons, whose poses and gestures mirror those of the living. The embroidered clothing, jewels and crowns of the kings contrast with the tattered rags of the sketetons; and the smooth faces and curled hair of the kings, with the hollow eyes and grimacing mouths of the dead. From the Psalter of Robert de Lisle.Illustrator: Madonna Master. England (London?); circa 1310. Shelfmark: Arundel 83 Page Folio Number: f.127
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Three youthful kings confronted by three skeletons, whose poses and gestures mir...