Home Black & White Color Historical Animals Children Games & Crafts Resumè   msi@insinga.com   Copyright © 2004 Merle S. Insinga		Sir Hugh Before Saladin "Noblest Knight" By Eric A. Kimmel Cricket (June, 1995)   Media: Scratchboard and colored inks   This story is a retelling of an English folktale set during the third Crusade. I turned to period manuscripts like the Majieweski Bible and related works for style models. I did this assignment quite a few years before the current wars in the Middle East. There's a certain poignance now reading this story about honor and mutual respect between an Arab leader and an English knight during wartime.