Miniature from a Speculum Historiale: Claudius Designates Nero as His Successor
1447–60
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.4
This miniature came from a sumptuous copy of the Speculum Historiale (Mirror of History) written by 13th-century Dominican friar Vincent de Beauvais. It covers a history of the world from creation through to De Beauvais’s own time. Here a seated Claudius, emperor of Rome (AD 4...
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Terms
Culture
France, 15th century
Technique
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Genre
Manuscript
Department
Medieval Art
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