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Segurant, The Knight Of The Dragon
''Segurant, the Knight of the Dragon'' (French language, French: ''Ségurant ou le Chevalier au Dragon'') is a French medieval Arthurian Chivalric romance, romance of debated date and origin. As no complete manuscript has survived, its alleged rediscovery by paleographer Emanuele Arioli remains a subject of debate. After isolating the episodes related to Segurant in a late and well-known manuscript of the Prophecies of Merlin, held at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Arioli suggested that these episodes were originally part of an earlier romance, later repurposed within the Arsenal chivalric compilation. According to Arioli, the oldest known version of the romance, written in French, was produced in Italy between 1240 and 1273. However, the only complete manuscript of the text dates from the late 14th or early 15th century and was produced in France. Other manuscripts—along with several continuation romances and rewritings of the story—have been dated between the late 13th an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait De Segurant (Armorial Table Ronde Folio 5v) BNF
A portrait is a portrait painting, painting, portrait photography, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better represents personality and mood, this type of presentation may be chosen. The intent is to display the likeness, Personality type, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a Snapshot (photography), snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer, but portrait may be represented as a profile (from aside) and 3/4. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
