Manuscript illustrations of 'Octovien' Augustus holding court, and the siege and capture of Capua.

Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (part 1, vol. 2) Author: Valerius Maximus / France Language: French Source/Shelfmark: Harley 4374 f.88 Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (part 1, vol. 2). Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicholas de Gonesse. Origin: France, Central (Paris) between 1473 and c. 1480. f.88 Miniature, prefacing Book II, arranged in three registers: 'Octovien' (Augustus) holding court; Fulvius Flaccus at the siege of Capua; the capture of Capua. Arms of Philippe de Comines (quartered with that of his mother, Marguerite d'Arnemude) inserted into upper register, with 'PH' monogram of Philippe and Hélène de Chambres-Montsoreau, his wife, in middle and lower registers.