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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Ernest Hébert 1817-1908 is in Painters.
On 3rd November 1817 Ernest Hébert was born.
1833. Ernest Hébert (age 15). Self-portrait.
1839. Ernest Hébert (age 21). "Joseph's cup in Benjamin's sack". The Académie des Beaux-Arts awarded him the Prix de Rome in 1839 for this biblical composition.
1848 to 1849. Ernest Hébert (age 30). "Mal'aria". Exhibited in the Salon of 1850–51, and now hangs in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Painted in a Romantic style, it depicts a family of Italian peasants escaping an epidemic by raft, a scene inspired by events Hébert had witnessed while in Italy.
1850. Ernest Hébert (age 32). "Ophelia".
On 5th December 1908 Ernest Hébert (age 91) died.