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Advent calendar, Day 3: Today we have a lovely miniature for you. It is a cutting from a choirbook.

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Did you know that the Swiss reformation leader Huldrych Zwingli was killed in 1531 during the Battle of Kappel when Swiss Roman Catholic cantons beat protestant forces of Zurich? This image comes from our Zwingli Bible that we sold at TEFAF Maastricht this spring.

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Medieval (and Renaissance) travels, part six: By rhinoceros!

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Anyone planning a trip to Vienna? A really fun exhibition on Emperor Maximilian I is currently on display at the Austrian National Library: https://t.co/GFvHVVDw7i
If Vienna is a little out of the way for you, you can also watch our video on Maximilian I: https://t.co/QQlbOJoI19

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New to our website: an extremely rare first edition of the 'Theuerdank' – with 118 glorious woodcut illustrations, all hand-colored and highlighted with gold and silver! If you haven't watched it yet, we also have a really fun video about this book: https://t.co/dRvpbSoqu5

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The published a lovely feature on the 2019 highlights, including some of our treasures: https://t.co/r0mPSSPX91

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in 1508, Maximilian I was proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor. A while ago, we produced a video on Maximilian I. Have a look (if you don't know it yet): https://t.co/d9jqIcT3rE
This image comes from the "Theuerdank", an epic poem that celebrates Maximilian's heroic deeds.

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Any fun activities planned for New Year's Eve? How about palm reading? These instructions come from a beautiful (and very mysterious!) manuscript that once belonged to Raphael de Mercatellis. You can have a closer look at the manuscript here: https://t.co/Ibw5cVPHDd

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