Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Book of Lancelot du Lac
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Accession Number:
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102317
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Order Title:
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History of Costume and Fashion (102059-103548)
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Type of View:
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detail
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View Title:
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view of page with predominant colors of the period: vermillions, dark reds, dark blues, and yellow ochre
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Image description:
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Pelts of ermine, the most common fur, are represented in the stylized patterning of the bedspread.
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Image Rights:
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copyrighted
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Source Institution:
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NCSU Libraries
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Collection:
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Design Library Image Collection
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Culture:
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French
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Subject:
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Lancelot (Legendary character)
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Subject:
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stories
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Work Types:
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Art; manuscripts; illuminated manuscripts
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Preferred Title:
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Book of Lancelot du Lac
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Agent Display:
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Unknown (French)
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Date:
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ca. 1280 (creation)
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Technique:
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illumination (image-making processes)
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Locations:
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France
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Location Type:
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(creation)
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Locations:
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Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Location Type:
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(repository)
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Style/Period:
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Renaissance
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Style/Period:
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Medieval
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Classification:
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Painting and Drawing
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