1-152-536 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Assembly of the Provostship of the Merchants of Paris, 1528. Dignitaries sit on an elevated bench while the Secretary and his Clerk put the business of the meeting before them. Records are being kept(centre left), money is being paid out (centre), and in the foreground merchants are gathered, all wearing a badge bearing an image of a sailing ship on their sleeves. From Ordonnances Royaux del la Prevote des Marchands et Eschevinage de la Ville de Paris. (Paris, 1528).