The subject of the illumination is the rebuilding of the city of Troy by Priam formed part of a noble manuscript volume, executed in the reign of Louis XII. Parts are curious examples of the domestic architecture of the Middle-Ages.
Escarcelle en 1539, Tunique du seigneur de Boisy, Escarcelle en gibecière, petites boules d’or brodées, garnis de fils d’or. ÉTOFFES. Histoire du costume féminin français. Les modes de la renaissance de l’an 1461 á l’an 1574.
Dauphin de Viennois, Jacques de Genouillac, Dame de Lorraine, Poupée Renaissance, Manteau fourré brun châtaigne
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