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The death of Vortigern; Uther Pendragon talking with Merlin;
King Arthur; and Edward the Confessor
Royal 20 A II; England, N.; c.1307-c.1327; ff.3r, 3v, 4r, 5r
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Thoughts of the brazen serpent!
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Add MS 11639; 1277-1324; 'The Northern French Miscellany';
f.742v @BLMedieval
Troilus and Cressida (Brescida) embracing & riding with Diomedes.
Additional 15477; Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae; Italy, N. (Venice); 2nd half of the 14th century; f.35v
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Avicenna
Additional 8785; Bartholomaeus Anglicus; De Proprietatibus Rerum; Italy, N. (Mantua); before 1309; f.39r @BLMedieval
Human ear complaining to Nature that she has not given him such protection as the eye has with the eyebrows. These days Nature has more cause to complain about humans!
Egerton 1121; Ulrich von Pottenstein, Spiegel der Weisheit; Austria, W. (Salzburg); c.1430; f.38r @BLMedieval
Happy St Bartholomew's day
(& yes he's being flayed!)😳
Royal 20 D VI; Wauchier de Denain, Lives of the Saints; France (Paris); 13th century;
f.42r @BLMedieval
Marvels of the world: Alexander consulting an astronomer about the birth of a half-human, half-beast child.
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Royal 19 D I; c.1340; France, Central (Paris); f.40v @BLMedieval
An armed knight of Prato on horseback with a very expressive horse!
Royal MS 6 E IX; c 1335; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia : Address of the City of Prato to Robert of Anjou; Italy (Tuscany);
f.24r @BLMedieval
Lions, lions, lions, lions but not St Jerome's!
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MS Kennicott 1; 1476 CE; Spain; f.64r, @BDLSS
Oriental 2737; Spain; c. 1300; f.35v @BLMedieval
BnF MS Latin 10525; 13th century; f.56r @GallicaBnF
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The sinful pleasure of eating pies!
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Arundel MS 91; 12th century; Passionale, 21 September-9 November; Canterbury; f.190r @BLMedieval