A Distant Mirror (36 page)

12. English archers training with the longbow (the unpulled bows are the height of a man). From the Luttrell Psalter, late 13th century
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illustration credit 7.12
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13. View of London
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From
Poems of Charles d’Orléans,
early 15th century
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illustration credit 7.13
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14
. The Last Judgment, the Elect and the Damned.
From the Cathedral of Bourges, west portal
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illustration credit 7.14
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15. The world as a globe. From
L’Image du Monde
by Gautier de Metz, a 14th century manuscript
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illustration credit 7.15
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16. The child’s education. From
Avis aus Roys,
a manual of instruction for French kings and princes, mid-14th century
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illustration credit 7.16
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17. The pillage and burning of a town. From Froissart’s
Chronicles,
Louis de Bruges copy, c. 1460
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illustration credit 7.17
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18. A charivari. From
Roman de Fauvel,
an early 14th century manuscript
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illustration credit 7.18
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19. The fourth horseman of the apocalypse. “And Behold a pale horse, and he that sat upon him his name was Death …” (Revelation 6 : 8). Illustration for the Office of the Dead by Jean Colombe for the
Très Riches Heures
of the Duc de Berry, c. 1470
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illustration credit 7.19
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20
. The Triumph of Death.
A detail from a fresco by Francesco Traini in the Camposanto, Pisa, c. 1350
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illustration credit 7.20
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21. Burial of the plague victims. From
Annales de Gilles li Muisis.(
illustration credit 7.21
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22. Penitential procession led by the Pope during the plague (pictured in 14th century Rome although it purports to illustrate the 6th century plague under Gregory the Great). By Pol de Limbourg for the
Très Riches Heures
of the Duc de Berry, c. 1410
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illustration credit 7.22
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23. A Cardinal. Detail from the Nine Hours Tapestries, French, late 14th century
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illustration credit 7.23
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