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French translation of the latin Grandes Chroniques de France.

Grandes Chroniques de Saint-Denis
copy from Paris, France, c.1415.
British Library Cotton ms Nero E. II pt.2.

A larger image of f.166, The Battle of Poitiers between the English and French in 1356.

Source: Cotton Nero E. II pt.2, f.166
Caption: Battle of Poitiers
Title of Work: Grandes Chroniques de France
Shelfmark: Cotton Nero E. II pt.2
Artist/creator: Workshop of the Boucicaut Master
Place and date of production: Circa 1415
Credit: British Library

The Boucicaut Master or Master of the Hours for Marshal Boucicaut was an anonymous French or Flemish miniaturist and illuminator active between 1400 and 1430 in Paris. He worked in the International Gothic style.