#OTD in 1457, Mary, only child and heir of Charles the Bold was born at the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels. Her grandfather Philippe the Good refused to attend her baptism as she was a girl. In 1477 she succeeded her father after his death on the battlefield.
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The BM catalogue says 'Tortoise, and separate view of a walled, coastal town in the Veneto' for this by Melchior Lorck, mid-16th century. I'm sticking with giant flying tortoise myself.
Did you know one of the grandest royal funerals in 17th c. Europe occured in Brussels in March 1622: after prepping the event for almost 9 months, Archduke Albert, co Sovereign of the Habsburg Nederlands, was laid to rest.
When he [Prophet Muhammad] used perfume he poured it into his left hand and first applied it to his brow, then around his eyes, then to his head. He liked best the smell of the balsam flower.
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