The oldest manuscript in the Museum Plantin-Moretus is a 9th-century gem by the author Caulius Sedulius. He wrote the Carmen Paschale (Easter Song) in around 860 in a Liège scriptorium. Christophe Plantin inherited it in 1581.
Jean Froissart was an historian of the 14th century who wrote in French. This copy of his Chronicles is a fine example of Flemish miniature art in the Middle Ages. The Chronicles are an important source of information about the Hundred Years War.
The Wenceslas Bible is a two-volume manuscript of the text of the Bible, produced in 1402 and 1403. This luxury manuscript with its stunning ornamentation was commissioned by Conrad of Vechta, mint master of King Wenceslas IV of Bohemia. The two volumes were acquired in or after 1805. They are the finest examples of illuminated manuscripts in the collection formed by Plantin and the Moretus family.
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