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Facsimile of a medieval manuscript illumination showing a man in blue presenting a book to a seated figure beneath a gothic a

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Simon de Hesdin presenting his translation of Valerius Maximus to Charles V of France, Bernard Quaritch (1890). Via artnap.com

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A chromolithographic facsimile of a illuminated manuscript page shows a kneeling man in blue robes presenting an open book to a seated figure in a red robe beneath a gothic arch. Attendants in period dress stand behind them within a richly patterned frame, with two columns of French text below.