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Tournai

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for Armm' Guild

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mild< City Painu,-

La" Judgement

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CbllnallJr RoJin

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The N .ti,; 'Y (d",,;f) Jrom The .\Ii ,...dlorcs A]"''l'i«" ('<-. 1442 )

By rUfJ, I",,, tin-H'rydm', ffp"tllfion ",xb.d '" jar ",S!""'" '":It",

KingJ,uln /J <! Cartil. found.d rb, mon","ry ofMiraflor", mar

BlIr~'. AT 11 fi""/tuum, It, donllud Il1Illltarpi«< by 'M",_ Ragi.,.,

til< gWH and ["maUl fikming'. 711i, {NI'''/ lba-~'I Mary 1::,aring 1::bi"

t. 'Ymbdi;:L b ... purity, ... .ra IJIb", e,kbm" b ... ,irru" if ",durtm"

(in a"d ruh<for pain) and fairb (Jm~,d in hi",)

R

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single Ill'''' ' imp","'n' Flo:mi,h l" in,cI 'l(lUrnai, .... ncrging H a M.1Stcr aftc, h"C J'c,rS

f,~lo",ing thc dc.th of\ '.In E}ck. Sincc and "."ing nJ Rruges, ",hen hc "."t plUMblr

he signcd none of his w,,.-ks, Iit",s ""n""ming "'"nC undcI the inAutnce of Van E}'d.

'heir .u,hcnticitr .nd chro,.,lo!!:r h"" '0 he Aftcr 711, [)",,"', of 143;, Van dcr \\'i:J,]cn's

gathered fi-,. n "',ml"ri'on ",ith o,h<"tS and the ris<: to f.me ,,"1< "'pid, 'aking him litr .nd wide

r"",,,ds of ,h,..,c who c,.nmissioncd him. The in pUrSuit of OnC prestigious c,.nmi",iOfl aftcr

,tan of \ '.n d." \\'i:},k"Jl's CI",cr is ""siel nJ .noth.", When the ch'n""liol nJ ,he Dule of