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  2. List of historical films set in Near Eastern and Western ...

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    Set during the civil war era in Norway during the 13th-century, centers on the efforts of the Birkebeiner loyalists to protect the infant, Haakon Haakonsson, the heir to the Norwegian throne after the death of his father, King Haakon Sverresson. Gates to Paradise: 1968: 1212: France: the ill-fated Children's Crusade: Ironclad: 2011: 1215: England

  3. Ashmole Bestiary - Wikipedia

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    Ashmole Bestiary; folio 21r: Monoceros and bear. The Ashmole Bestiary, an English illuminated manuscript bestiary, is from the late 12th or early 13th century.Under 90 such manuscripts survive and they were studied and categorized into families by M.R. James in 1928. [1]

  4. Bestiary - Wikipedia

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    "The Leopard" from the 13th-century bestiary known as the "Rochester Bestiary" The Peridexion Tree. A bestiary (Latin: bestiarium vocabulum) is a compendium of beasts. Originating in the ancient world, bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals and even rocks. The natural history and ...

  5. List of medieval bestiaries - Wikipedia

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    The "H" versions, [1] late 13th-century, which in addition to a base Physiologus text, adds and arranges the content according to the "H" text or Book II of De bestiis et aliis rebus of Hugues de Fouilloy (olim of Pseudo-Hugo de St. Victor). [2] [3] Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College 100; Chalon-sur-Saône, Bibliothèque Municipale MS 14

  6. Saint Guinefort - Wikipedia

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    Guinefort's story is a variation on the well-travelled "faithful hound" motif, similar to the Welsh story of the dog Gelert.. In one of the earliest versions of the story, described by Dominican friar Stephen of Bourbon in 1250, Guinefort the greyhound belonged to a knight who lived in a castle near Lyon. [4]

  7. Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga - Wikipedia

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    Most think Toba Sōjō created Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga, who created a painting a lot like Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga; [8] however, it is hard to verify this claim. [10] [11] [12] The drawings of Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga are making fun of Japanese priests in the creator's time period, characterising them as toads, rabbits and monkeys.

  8. CNN Millennium - Wikipedia

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    Episode 2: Century of the Axe. The 12th century features the axe (used to fell forests in order to build fleets and housing). Producers: Neil Cameron and Emma de 'Ath. [9] [10] [11] Episode 3: Century of the Stirrup. The stirrup moves the 13th century. Director: Caroline Ross Pirie. [12] [13] Episode 4: Century of the Scythe. The scythe wreaked ...

  9. Category:Films set in the 13th century - Wikipedia

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    Films set in 13th-century Song dynasty (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Films set in the 13th century" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.