Fifteenth century

Gerard began to think he had gone too far when pimping his ride.

Gerard began to think he had gone too far when pimping his ride.
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Bible historiale of Guyart des Moulins
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British Library, Royal MS 19 D III

Source: The internet is a place of theft. And I was a notorious thief here. Shame on me, but I will make amends if I ever have EEBO access again. But life out here is hard for the unaffiliated academic.

First posted on Twitter on 23 December 2014: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth Bible historiale of Guyart des Moulins, the work of its first makers and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from British Library, Royal MS 19 D III. Copied into this book the twenty-third day of December, 2014. Finis.

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Bible historiale of Guyart des Moulins.
British Library, Royal MS 19 D III.

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