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Français : Louis VIII le Lion d'après le Recueil des rois de France de Jean Du Tillet. Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Peinture réalisée d'après l'image gravée sur le grand sceau du roi. Un médaillon, au milieu de la partie inférieure de la bordure, présente l'image du contre-sceau royal.
English: Louis VIII le Lion

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

From Recueil des rois de France. (FR 2848, f� 150)., by Jean Du Tillet (16th century). In the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
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