Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Grandes chroniques de France
Northern France, 1410-1412
MS M.536 fol. 141r

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Grandes chroniques de France: Text, Charles the Simple, Chapter 1.
Rollo of Normandy: Scene, Landing in Rouen -- Archbishop Franco of Rouen, accompanied by two clerics, one with cross-staff, exits city of Rouen and extends right hand toward Rollo of Normandy, dressed in armor and holding spear, standing in ship, at shore, filled with soldiers, carrying spears and shield.
Scene in landscape setting within gold frame.