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Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages (1843)

Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 70

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m, and he receivedit graciously and kissed the giver;and this was not all, for he was allowedto kiss her two damsels likewise, ifit were his pleasure (et semblablementles deux damoiselles se sest son plat-sir). Then the king of arms, heralds,and poursuivants cried aloud in the hallthat the prize of… … all ceremony back to their places. The rest of the day was spent injoyous festivities. The cut at the bottom of the preceding page is taken from a contem-porary picture of Marie Duchess of Burgundy, daughter of Charles theBold, and married in 1477 to Maximilian of Austria. At this time shewas only…

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