Royals on Display: Mary Queen of Scots – Click on the image for a larger view.
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Artifact 9 – Text View 1
Artifact 9 – Text View 2
Artifact 9 – Text View 3
Artifact 9 – Text View 4
Artifact 9 – Textual Image 5, Artist signature
Part Two: Please transcribe the text and identify the following information.
1. Are the languages Latin and French?
2. Why is French being employed? Is the artist French? Is it because Mary Queen of Scots lived in France and married the French King, Francis II?
3. Are certain letters representative of others? Why incorporate text into the image? Is this a page from a book or a kind of propaganda or political poster?
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