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Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris
Matthaei Paris Chronica Maiora I

Death of Gilbert, Earl Marshal, 1241


Reversed shield (with sword and spear) of Gilbert Mareschall. Mareschall falls from his horse,


Chronica Maiora II, Saint Albans, England, ca. 1240–53. Folio 148v, MS 16II, Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Figure 152, p237 The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora by Suzanne Lewis, 1987.

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