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Robe lined with minever, English, c. 1300 |
facing page 2 |
A Book of Hours, possibly associated with Edmund, Earl of Lancaster.
Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 231, f. 3, by permission of the Curators. |
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Fur for informal wear |
facing page 16 |
Vol. IV of a petite bible historiale, executed in Bruges c. 1470, possibly for
Edward IV. British Museum, MS. Royal 15 D I, f. 18, by permission
of the Trustees. |
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Skinners at work |
page 28 |
Olavus Magnus, Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555, p. 218. |
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A skinner's shop and workroom |
facing page 32 |
Germanisches National-Museum, Nuremburg, Kupferstichkabinett, Signatur H.B. 13344. This woodcut may be dated by its similarity to that on
Der Kürschner which illustrates Hartman Schopperus, πανoπλia: Omnium
illiberalium mechanicarum aut sedentiarum artium continens. Frankfort
a.m., 1568. By permission of the Directors. |
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Medieval London: sketch map of the Walbrook area |
page 45 |
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Map to show the Baltic Sea and Russia in the later Middle
Ages. After P. I. Lyashchenko, National Economy of Russia
(The Macmillan Company, New York) |
page 64 |
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Hunting in the far north |
page 73 |
O. Magnus, op. cit., pp. 14, 611. |
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A wedding scene |
facing page 134 |
J. de Wavrin, Chronique d' Angleterre, executed probably at Bruges for
Edward IV, c. 1480.
British Museum, MS. Royal 14 EIV, f. 284, by permission of the Trustees. |
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Edward VI. Artist unknown |
facing page 144 |
Windsor Castle. |