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24 December 2005

 * …that the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, a 416-page illuminated manuscript and masterpiece of the International Gothic style, has 300 decorated Initial letters?
 * …that in Chinese art the three Vinegar tasters are allegorical figures representing Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism?
 * …that a genetic defect prevented Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec from growing more than 1.5 m (5 ft) tall?
 * …that Giulio Romano, mentioned in The Winter's Tale, is the only Renaissance artist to feature in a play by William Shakespeare?
 * …that the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti had an obsession with wombats?