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Saints and martyrs on black

Saints and martyrs on black

Frère Laurent d’Orléans , Le Livre des vices et des vertus ou Somme le Roi. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département …

The Red Line

The Red Line

Speculum humanae salvationis. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 511, fol. 24r.

Gregory’s Job

Gregory’s Job

S. Gregorius Magnus I, papa, Moralia in Job. XIII. S. Gregorius Magnus I, papa, Moralia in Job . Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale …

Dragon and the Book of Fire

Dragon and the Book of Fire

A very impressive displays of heraldry. Rare use of black. Heures à l’usage dominicain , dites Heures de Frédéric d’Aragon Source: gallica.bnf.fr …