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Sir John Mandeville writing an account of his voyage, c1410-c1420. He is writing on a roll of parchment. A curtain separates his study from a high vaulted hall. From Voyage d'outre mer (The Travels of Sir John Mandeville), a book written between 1357 and 1371. It purports to be the travelogue of an Englishman named Sir John Mandeville across the Near East as far as India and China.

Date

1400

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A14_436

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (3,3Mo) / 30,6cm x 40,9cm / 3612 x 4836 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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