CHT344046 Ms.Fr.22531 The Ages of Man (vellum) from Le Livre des Proprietes des Choses by Barthelemy l\'Anglais by French School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Les Ages de l\'Homme; illustration from \'Le Livre des Proprietes des Choses\' by Barthelemy l\'Anglais; in the centre a child plays with a top; behind him the parents stand holding hands; on the right a man counts gold coins and on the left an old man is seated; Bartholomeus Anglicus (1203-72) was an early 13th century scholastic scholar of Paris, a member of the Franciscan order. He was the author of the compendium De proprietatibus rerum, dated at 1240, an early forerunner of the encyclopedia. Bartholomew the Englishman; Bartholomaeus); 穢 Archives Charmet; French, out of copyright.