Lydgate presenting his book to the Earl of Salisbury mb-code 42-47609163 the mother of King Henry

the mother of King Henry VIII

Plate 17 for the paper 'Observations on the structure and oeconomy of whales'

1916 (1933)

The King of Prussia is outraged and within a matter of days had declared war on Austria

Two knights jousting at a tournament

Lydgate presenting his book to the Earl of Salisbury mb-code 42-47609163 the mother of King HenryLydgate presenting his book to the Earl of Salisbury, 1426, (1843). John Lydgate, poet of Bury St Edmunds, presents his book to Thomas de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury. Lydgate's book, Ye Pilgrime, (Pilgrimage of the World, by the commandement of the Earle of Salisburie, 1426), now lost, was commissioned by the earl who was killed at the siege of Orleans in 1428. The pilgrim here is only an emblematic personage, the monk standing beside him and holding