Octavien de Saint-Gelais presents his translation of Ovid's Heroides to King Charles VIII of France, beginning of 16th century. The king sits on a four-poster bed with his feet on a cushion. From Epitres d'Ovide traduites par Octavien de St. Gelay, Arsenal BLF 20, XVIe siecle. Chromolithograph by Thurwanger after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandre’s Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

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