A fine manuscript of Christina's Romance is mentioned above, see page [138].

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These chivalrous romances were no less popular in England; Dan Lydgate's Boke of the siege of Troy, adapted and translated from Guido de' Colonna's romance, was one of the most popular English books in the fifteenth century; see page [123].

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See Muntz, Les Peintres d'Avignon, 1342-1352, Tours, 1885; and Les peintures de Simone Martini à Avignon, Paris, 1885. Many of these paintings still exist in a good state of preservation, especially those on the vault of the small private chapel of the Popes.

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This subject is discussed at greater length in Chapter XIII.

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See page [206] on the favourable conditions under which the monastic illuminators did their work.

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