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Zedekiah, Samaria, Brutus, Sincambre (image 12)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel on the left has King Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, enthroned (22). The roundel in the middle depicts a group of soldiers before the region of Samaria. The river Jordan flows next to th...
Nebuchadnezzar, Balthasar, Rome, Paris (image 13)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel on the top left shows Evilmerodach chopping the body of his father Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, into three hundred pieces in order to seize the throne (23). The roundel below it shows ...
Queen Vashti and Rape of the Sabines (image 14)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel on the left shows the downfall of Queen Vashti, the wife of King Ahasuerus of Persia (28). The soldiers, one holding a sword, usher her into a tower. The roundel on the right shows the rap...
Alexander the Great (image 15)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel depicts Alexander the Great, king of Macedon (29). The artist has user a generic warrior model, almost identical to that used for Joshua (15).
Judas Machabeus, Nativity of Christ (image 16)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel at top left depicts Judas Machabeus (30). The artist has user a generic warrior model, almost identical to that used for Joshua (15) and Alexander (29). The roundel below it depicts the sc...
Ihesus Nazarenus Rex Iudeorum (image 17)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel has a small naked figure depicted within a mandorla, with a Cross under its arm (32). The setting is a field with trees, and a city can be seen in the distance. The words above the roundel...
Annunciation, Julius Caesar, London (image 18)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel depicts Angel Gabriel announcing the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary (34). Gabriel holds a small golden cross. The Holy Ghost as a dove descends upon the Virgin. Mary kneels under a pin...
Sicambrians and Romans fighting (image 19)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The miniature depicts fighting with swords between Sicambrian and Roman soldiers (36).
French beating the Romans (image 20)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel on the left shows the French soldiers beating the Roman soldiers (37). The roundel on the left shows a king enthroned, holding a sceptre and wearing a crown (38).
Pharamond, Conain (image 21)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel on the left depicts the crowning of Pharamond, the (possibly legendary) first king of Salian Franks (40). The roundel on the right has Duke Conan of Brittany (39).
Baptism of Clovis (image 22)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel shows St. Remigius of Rheims, wearing a bishop's mitre, baptizes Clovis, king of the Franks (41).
Saint-Denis (image 23)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel on the left shows the founding of the city Saint-Denis (43). The roundel on the right depicts how the English king killed 30,000 Bretons for a treason (42).