More magic pictures of the long ago; stories of the people of many lands; with reproductions from works of art and old manuscripts (1920)
Chandler, Anna Curtis · New York : H. Holt · leaf 150
have we, my royal master andmistress, as great as Roland the Brave of France,Rodrigo Diaz by name, who was born near Burgossix hundred years ago, and of wondrous fame was heas a knight. No insult would he brook nor treacheryfrom high nor low, and honor he held always beforehim. The Cid or Lord he… … Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A RELIEF—A PICTURE CARVED AGAINST A BACKGROUND—OF A KNIGHT ON HORSEBACK By a Spanish sculptor of the 13th century. Let us pretend that this knight in armor, with his shield on his arm, is the Cidof our story, starting out to perform all sorts of wonderful…
Children's stories · Storytelling
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