A Knight for the Ages: Jacques de Lalaing and the Art of Chivalry GRI Countless others who are primarily

Countless others who are primarily known as sculptors

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A Knight for the Ages: Jacques de Lalaing and the Art of Chivalry GRI Countless others who are primarilyEdited by Elizabeth Morrison The Livre des faits de Jacques de Lalaing (Book of the Deeds of Jacques de Lalaing), a famous Flemish illuminated manuscript, relays the audacious life of Jacques de Lalaing (14211453), a story that reads more like a fast paced adventure novel. Produced in the tradition of chivalric biography, a genre developed in the mid fifteenth century to celebrate the great personalities of the day, the manuscripts text and