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Four scenes from the life of Alexander the Great: the first shows Alexander on horseback...

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Four scenes from the life of Alexander the Great: the first shows Alexander on horseback ordering his final letter to Dindymus to be preserved for posterity as an inscription on a marble column; the second shows Dindymus receiving the letter; the third shows Alexander's battle with a race of giants; the fourth shows Alexander ordering the burning of a man, on account of his reaction to a naked girl; from a French translation of the Alexander Romance. The manuscript was presented to Margaret of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI, by the Earl of Shrewsbury
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British Library, London, UK
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Shrewsbury Talbot Book of Romances France (Rouen), before circa 1445 Language: French, Bastard Secretary hand Source/Shelfmark: Royal 15 E. VI, f.18

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15th century / Alexander the Great (356 - 323 B.C.) / battle / battles / written language / armed conflicts / fictional creature / manuscript / text / 15th century / giants / document / battaille / military event / armed conflict / combat / military events / giant
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