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Français : enluminure du prologue de Politiques, Economiques, Ethique d'Aristote, traduction de Nicolas Oresme, vers 1370 (BnF, Département des manuscrits, RC-A-28551)
    • 1er médaillon: Charles V, entouré de dignitaires, ordonne à son conseiller de traduire l’ouvrage.
    • 2ème médaillon: Le chanoine rédige la version française: deux tomes de l’original sont posés sur une roue à livres, un secrétaire en apporte un troisième.
    • 3ème médaillon: Retour pour présenter son travail au roi; accompagné d'un huissier et d'un clerc portant la traduction sur l'épaule.
    • Dernier médaillon: présentation de son ouvrage à Charles V entouré de courtisans.
English: Miniature from the prologue of Aristote's Politic, Economics, Ethics in a 1370 translation of Nicolas Oresme (Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Departement of manuscripts, RC-A-28551)
    • 1st medallion: Charles V of France orders his counsellor to translate the book
    • 2nd medallion: Translation by a Canon (priest)
    • 3rd medallion: Return to the king to present the translation. Accompanied by a bailiff and a clerc carrying the translation
    • 4th medallion: presentation of the book to Charles V.
Date 14 th century
date QS:P,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Author Unknown author Unknown author
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