Search for: [Abstract = "Alike tapestry decorating the walls of interiors and so called dedication thumbnail, they became an important medium shaping public opinion\; book\-love itself was a significant form of cultural expression in the court circles. Artistic foundations had specific pragmatic aims\; programmes of painting decoration of illuminated manuscripts on historic subjects visualised and helped to promote a particular vision of history as a story of heroic deeds of an individual, establishing the world order."]