Word: roundel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Holbein Portrait is painted in a roundel of oak and represents a young man, almost full face, dressed in a black coat and cap. In his left hand he holds a pair of gloves. The background is a greenish blue, and on it is inscribed: "Anno Domi 1535 Etatis Svae 28." Professor Paul Ganz, the well-know authority on Holbein, writing of this portrait says: "The Portrait of a Young Man" is a genuine, exquisite work of Hans Holbein the Younger. The drawing for this picture is in the Library of Windsor Caste. . .In my opinion this unknown...
Another interesting French manuscript is a fragment of a Bible Moralisee, probable executed in Parts for St. Louis, King of France, about 1240. The main decoration consists of "eight large roundel linked together in two columns in diapered backgrounds, containing illustrations of the Apocalypse alternating with mystical interpretations. The Latin text and Commentaries are placed in narrow strips on the left of each column of illustrations and both text and illustrations are enclosed in a border of gold and colors...