Leaf from a Manuscript of Valerius Maximus, French, ca. 1380-90. The translator Simon de Hesdin (left) presents his text to Charles V.

---

Size: 3434px × 4752px
Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 14th, ages, art, artefact, artifact, blue, century, color, colour, country, court, fourteenth, france, french, gold, golden, gothic, guy, heritage, illuminated, ink, italy, law, location, male, man, manuscript, maximus, mediaeval, medieval, men, met, metropolitan, middle, museum, parchment, paris, parisian, people, pierre, remiet, roman, rome, script, tempera, text, unknown, valerius, western