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Saint Louis in Negotiations with the Saracens, Mélédor and Garaman

Chauveau, François, 1613-1676
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An engraving depicting a scene from the first book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which Saint Louis (seated, right) meets with the Saracen representatives, Mélédor (center) and Garaman (bottom left), on behalf of Sultan Mélédin. Beside Louis is an angel wielding a sword, who appears to dissuade Mélédor from attempting to assassinate Louis, as he had planned. In the bottom left foreground, Garaman lays out a set of poisoned armor indended as a gift for Louis.

Date Issued or Published
1658
Subject - Topic/Names
Soldiers
Kings and rulers
Crusades
Invasion of Egypt by Saint Louis (Egypt : 1249)
Crusades (Seventh) (1248-1250)
Negotiation
Attempted assassination
Armor
Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270
Subject - Geographic
Damietta (Egypt)
Islamic Empire
Subject - Time Period
Seventeenth century
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Title
Saint Louis in Negotiations with the Saracens, Mélédor and Garaman
Date Issued or Published
1658
Description
An engraving depicting a scene from the first book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which Saint Louis (seated, right) meets with the Saracen representatives, Mélédor (center) and Garaman (bottom left), on behalf of Sultan Mélédin. Beside Louis is an angel wielding a sword, who appears to dissuade Mélédor from attempting to assassinate Louis, as he had planned. In the bottom left foreground, Garaman lays out a set of poisoned armor indended as a gift for Louis.
Creator
Chauveau, François, 1613-1676
Publisher
Courbé, Augustin
Place of Publication
Paris (France)
Contributor
Le Moyne, Pierre, 1602-1671
Subject - Topic/Names
Soldiers
Kings and rulers
Crusades
Invasion of Egypt by Saint Louis (Egypt : 1249)
Crusades (Seventh) (1248-1250)
Negotiation
Attempted assassination
Armor
Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270
Subject - Geographic
Damietta (Egypt)
Islamic Empire
Subject - Time Period
Seventeenth century
Keyword(s)
Saracens
Extent/Dimensions
16 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
engravings (prints)
Format
Duodecimo
Source
Saint Louys, ou, La sainte couronne reconquise : poeme heroique
Local Call Number
1658 LEMO
Rights Statement
The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e. not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library.
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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Emory University
Holding Repository
Pitts Theology Library
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1658
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