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Homage du comte de Clermont en Beauvaisis,a 17th ct. copy after an original burnt in a fire in 1737.During a hunt,Queen Jeanne de Bourbon meets her mother,the Duchess Isabelle de Valois (in widow's weeds).Jeanne's brother Duke Louis II,kills the stag.folio 95, FR 20082
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Homage du comte de Clermont en Beauvaisis,a 17th ct. copy after an original b...

Grandes Chroniques de France,1471.A meeting outside Paris:King Wenceslas (in white robe) leads the imperial procession;the old Emperor Karl IV greets Charles V King of France.Right: porte St.Martin, left :the fortress du Temple. folio 444, FR 6465
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Grandes Chroniques de France,1471.A meeting outside Paris:King Wenceslas (in...

Jean Marot, La Conquete de Genes (1507).King Louis XII leaves Alexandria, which he has just subdued.He wears a coat with a pattern of bees over his armour,a sign of benevolence towards the Italians.Inscription:"The King whom we obey has no sting".fol.15 verso FR 5091
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Jean Marot, La Conquete de Genes (1507).King Louis XII leaves Alexandria, which...

Jean Marot, La Conquete de Genes (1507).King Louis XII enters Genova under a canopy carried by four notables. Four young girls kneel in the foreground,imploring the King's clemency.The citizens watch the royal progress from their windows. fol.22 verso FR 5091
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Jean Marot, La Conquete de Genes (1507).King Louis XII enters Genova under a ca...

The effigy of Charles VI is displayed during the King's funeral in 1422.Mourners in black and members of Parliament in red accompany the coffin.Knights carry the King's sword,helmet and shield.Jean Chartier, Chronique du regne de Charles VII.fol.1 FR 2691
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The effigy of Charles VI is displayed during the King's funeral in 1422.Mourners...

Le sacre,couronnement,triomphe et entree de la reine Madame Claude de France.On May 12,1517 Queen Claude de France,daughter of Louis XII and wife of his cousin Francois I,made her entry into Paris.Her family tree figured in the festivity.folio 45, FR 5750
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Le sacre,couronnement,triomphe et entree de la reine Madame Claude de France.On...

Missale Remense - massbook for the use of Saint-Nicaise of Reims,France,between 1285 and 1297. Latin,parchment,23,3 x 16,2 cm, 336 pages. Credo,fol.61 verso:top,Elijah on his fiery waggon; below Jonah leaving the whale;King David.
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Missale Remense - massbook for the use of Saint-Nicaise of Reims,France,between...

Missale Remense - massbook for the use of Saint-Nicaise of Reims,France,between 1285 and 1297. Latin,parchment,23,3 x 16,2 cm, 336 pages. Credo, fol.190:The wedding of the lamb;the prophet Daniel and Saint Matthew;prophet Ezekiel,Saint Thomas.
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Missale Remense - massbook for the use of Saint-Nicaise of Reims,France,between...

La Bible Historiale,1350-1355. French,parchment, 45,5 x 31,5 cm,two volumes, 199 and 249 pages. Illustration for the First Book of Esdras: The reconstruction of the Temple in Jerusalem ordered by Persian King Cyrus.Volume 1, fol.207 verso.
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La Bible Historiale,1350-1355. French,parchment, 45,5 x 31,5 cm,two volum...

L'Information des Rois et des Princes,around 1410. French,parchment,32 x 23 cm; 163 pages. The author (or translator?)offers his book to a ruler (Saint Louis or Charles V of France);representatives of the estates take part in the ceremony. fol.10
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L'Information des Rois et des Princes,around 1410. French,parchment,32 x 23...

L'Information des Rois et des Princes,around 1410. French,parchment,32 x 23 cm; 163 pages. A king,surrounded by councillors, watches a knight take an oath before an altar,fol.119 verso.
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L'Information des Rois et des Princes,around 1410. French,parchment,32 x 23...

Les Grandes Chroniques de France,a history of the French kings.Early 15th,French,parchment,41 x 29,3 cm, three volumes,122,219 and 190 pages. Edward I of England visits Philippe IV le Bel of France.As a vassal he bends his knee before the French king.fol.2 verso.
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,a history of the French kings.Early 15th,...