Victor Hugo et Son Temps [Victor Hugo and His Times] (page 1/2)

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Gavroche (Les Misérables)

The boy “Gavroche” from the book Les Misérables. A hundred years later the book was made into a musical that was very successful, of coure, and later a film, but at this time it was a book. [more...] [$]

François-Victor Hugo

François-Victor Hugo (1828 – 1873) was the fourth child of Victor Hugo. He died young, while his father was still alive. [$]

Mournful / Contemplative Full-Page Border With Statues

This full-page decorative border features trees without leaves, presumably in Winter, and statues that from the context we know to be monuments on tombs. In the foreground is a lilly-pond. [more...] [$]

La Loi: Le faible trouve sa force dans la loi qui le protège

The title means, The Law: The weak find strength in the law that protects them. [more...] [$]

Initial letter D with hiker in forest

This “vignetted” decorative initial features a person with a hat, a satchel, a walking stick, stepping over the initial letter and out of a path in a forest or deep woods. [more...] [$]