Mer des Histoires (pages)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1488
Maker: Pierre Le Rouge
Dimensions:
395 x 285 mm (39.5 x 28.5 cm)
Object number: P.69.1-5
Description5 pages, two columns of French text per page, illuminated in red and blue, decorated borders of panels of decoration containing scrolls and figures on page recto not verso: 1. La sixiesme aage (page recto), two woodcuts depicting priest or noble reading to seated congregation; men scaling castle battlements, one equipped with bow, another with crossbow. 2. Le cinquisme age (recto), two woodcuts of men building castle; king on throne on verso. 3. La dixiesme aage (recto), woodcut showing bishop (?) enthroned. 4. Illustrated table of kings of France, and verso, two woodcuts, one of coronation, another of king enthroned (probably Charles the Great). 5. Table of kings of France continued.