The Travels of Marco Polo. Les voyages de Marco Polo de Venise

This manuscript from about 1350 is one of the oldest extant copies of Les voyages de Marco Polo (The travels of Marco Polo), the account by the Venetian merchant Marco Polo (circa 1254-1324) of his adventures in Central Asia and the Far East during ...

Biblia (Gutenberg Bible)

This digital primary source is a 1455 incunabulum of the Biblia (Gutenberg Bible) held by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, featuring the complete Vulgate text and early typographic production. ...
Gillis_Mostaert -Feast of Saint-George

Feast of Saint-George

"Gillis Mostaert was a contemporary of Pieter Brueghel the Elder and painted according to his tradition. The Feast of St George is a good example of this. This fair was held in the week of the Feast of St George and was extremely popular for many ye...
Market Scene by Gillis Mostaert

Market Scene on the Village Square

Market Scene by Gillis Mostaert in 1579. Gillis Mostaert the Elder (27 or 28 November 1528 – 28 December 1598) was a Flemish Renaissance painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century. ...
Town scene from prologue page from The life of Charlemagne

Town scene from The Life of Charlemagne

Town scene from prologue page of The Life of Charlemagne. Transcript of text (detected): "Prologue of the author: The deeds of the ancients should be willingly read, studied, and increasingly remembered, for they can be of value and serve as a g...