
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
In Our Time: History
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I Sees the Ge Yes, Here They Go
There is an islamic influence there in terms of the geometric patterns that are being used. The images that are chosen are all from the new testament, but they're very byzantine in how they're acted. There's quite a lot of lances n thrust through different individuals. And the back cover is a crusader king who possibly is modelled after folk. We think the artist is basil, because on one of the images it's signedn the third saying, basil. Do we never sertin it was melisons? I really enjoyed recording the podcast, and i hope you enjoy listening to it. Just search for don't tell me the score.
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