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How the Great Khan used tree bark as currency, c.1410-12 (tempera on vellum)

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CHT38277
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How the Great Khan used tree bark as currency, c.1410-12 (tempera on vellum)
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Artist
Boucicaut Master, (fl.1390-1430) (and workshop) / French
Location
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Medium
illumination
Date
c. 1410 AD - c. 1412 AD (C15th AD)
Dimensions
42x29.8 cms
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Ms Fr 2810 f.45, How the Great Khan used tree bark as currency, from the 'Livre des Merveilles du Monde', c.1410-12 ; possibly Kublai Khan (1214-94) or Ghengis Khan (1167-1227); le Grand Khan instituant l'ecorce d'arbre comme monnaie d'echange; collected record of travels in the Orient, including those of Marco Polo (1254-1324) Odorico de Pordone (c.1286-1331) Guillaume de Boldensele, the Armenian monk Hayton, Ricaldo da Monte di Croce (c.1243-1320) and the fictitious knight Sir John de Mandeville;

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