Tristan Freeing a Demoiselle from Brehus sans Pitié; Roman du Bon Chevalier Tristan, Fils au Bon Roy Meliadus de Leonois, about 1320-1340. Page from a book based on the medieval chivalric romance of Tristan and Iseult, also known as Tristan and Isolde. The illustrator, Jeanne Montbason (active c 1325-1353) was a French artist and bookseller who managed a bookshop in Paris with her husband.

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