# Book of the Seven Ages of the World [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MARMION, Simon]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. 947\), 440 x 300 mm ## Commentary Book of the Seven Ages of the World c. 1455 Manuscript \(Ms. 947\), 440 x 300 mm Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels This codex contains a cosmology, developed from God's seven-day creation and arranged accordingly on the basis of the prevailing view of the seven ages of the world. It is illustrated with 3 miniatures, and numerous foliate borders and initials. The illustration on folio 1v shows Adam and Eve in the Paradise before a landscape reaching far into the distance. In the heavens, God the Father rules over a world that is filled with peace and tranquillity. Marmion's creative genius in panel paintings and miniatures unites in wondrous harmony French traditions with the Netherlandish Rogier van der Weyden's depictions of people and the natural lyricism of Jan van Eyck. ## Related artworks - [Jean Mansel: The Flower of History]() - [Jean Mansel: The Flower of History]() - [Scenes from the Life of St Bertin \(detail\)]() - [Scenes from the Life of St Bertin \(detail\)]() - [Scenes from the Life of St Bertin]() - [Scenes from the Life of St Bertin]() - [The Soul of Saint Bertin Carried up to God]() - [Virgin and the Man of Sorrow]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()