18 novembre 2023
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Malcolm Walsby, « Love and tapestries in the Renaissance: from Aubusson to Vernon », Renaissances : archives et découvertes, ID : 10.58079/vo0g
Documents in the archives can sometimes seem quite dry. Typically, they are legal documents that only make sense if they are contextualised. Their interest often resides in the details, as is the case with this sale concluded in 1595 between a legal clerk and a merchant of the city of Rouen. The text that was drawn up between Nicolas Le Provost, clerk of the bailiff of Gisors, and Robert Le Blanc, a burgher and merchant, does not start off very promisingly, but gets interesting when the obje...