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There came a knight upon a steed of brass.

Walter Appleton Clark, from The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, modern rendition by Percy MacKaye, New York, 1914.

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There came a knight upon a steed of brass.

Walter Appleton Clark, from The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, modern rendition by Percy MacKaye, New York, 1914.

(Source: archive.org)

Sunday, February 17, 2013
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So much of dalliance and fair speech.

Walter Appleton Clark, from The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, modern rendition by Percy MacKaye, New York, 1914.

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So much of dalliance and fair speech.

Walter Appleton Clark, from The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, modern rendition by Percy MacKaye, New York, 1914.

(Source: archive.org)

Sunday, February 17, 2013
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The three rogues search in the woods for death.

Walter Appleton Clark, from The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, modern rendition by Percy MacKaye, New York, 1914.

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The three rogues search in the woods for death.

Walter Appleton Clark, from The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, modern rendition by Percy MacKaye, New York, 1914.

(Source: archive.org)

Sunday, February 17, 2013
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Palamon desireth to slay his foe Arcite.

Walter Appleton Clark, from The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, modern rendition by Percy MacKaye, New York, 1914.

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Palamon desireth to slay his foe Arcite.

Walter Appleton Clark, from The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, modern rendition by Percy MacKaye, New York, 1914.

(Source: archive.org)

Sunday, February 17, 2013
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Forth we rode when day began to spring.

Walter Appleton Clark, from The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, modern rendition by Percy MacKaye, New York, 1914.

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Forth we rode when day began to spring.

Walter Appleton Clark, from The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, modern rendition by Percy MacKaye, New York, 1914.

(Source: archive.org)

Sunday, February 17, 2013
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Women playing drums (XII century).

From Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l’époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance (Reasoned dictionary of French furniture from the Carolingian era to the Renaissance), vol. 2 by E. Viollet-Le-Duc. Paris, 1873.

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Women playing drums (XII century).

From Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l’époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance (Reasoned dictionary of French furniture from the Carolingian era to the Renaissance), vol. 2 by E. Viollet-Le-Duc. Paris, 1873.

(Source: archive.org).

Sunday, January 6, 2013
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A knight, ready for the tournament.

From Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l’époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance (Reasoned dictionary of French furniture from the Carolingian era to the Renaissance), vol. 2 by E. Viollet-Le-Duc. Paris, 1873.

(Source: archive.org).

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A knight, ready for the tournament.

From Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l’époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance (Reasoned dictionary of French furniture from the Carolingian era to the Renaissance), vol. 2 by E. Viollet-Le-Duc. Paris, 1873.

(Source: archive.org).

Sunday, January 6, 2013
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Mid-fifteenth century tournament.

From Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l’époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance (Reasoned dictionary of French furniture from the Carolingian era to the Renaissance), vol. 2 by E. Viollet-Le-Duc. Paris, 1873.

(Source: archive.org).

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Mid-fifteenth century tournament.

From Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l’époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance (Reasoned dictionary of French furniture from the Carolingian era to the Renaissance), vol. 2 by E. Viollet-Le-Duc. Paris, 1873.

(Source: archive.org).

Sunday, January 6, 2013