1586 : Romuleon (vol. 1)
Number
1586
Shelf Marks
- Firenze, BML, Med Pal 156.1
Owners before c.1550
- Philip the Good
- Charles the Bold
- Library Burgundian Dukes
- René II de Vaudemont
- Antoine le Bon (son of René de Vaudemont)
Commissioners
- Philip the Good
- Sovereign: Prince
- Gender : Man
- Charles the Bold
- Sovereign: Prince
- Gender : Man
Country
Italy
Ownership Category
Public
Scribe
David Aubert
Origin
-
Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Bruges
- Details : Bruges
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Date
- Date details : c.1465-1480 (after 1465)
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1460 - 1469
Physical description
Measurements
- 257 leaves
- Size categories of height : 400-424 mm
- Height of text blocks : 410 mm
- Width of text blocks : 290 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations :
- Total number of illustrations :
- Number of miniatures :
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Loyset Liédet
Material
Parchment
Contemporary Bindings
Content
Genre
historiographic
Authors
- Benvenuto da Imola
Translators
- Jean Miélot
Contents
- 1 : Romuleon (vol. 1)
Languages
- French
Bibliography
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Photo Archives
Leuven, Illuminare, Slides nos. 14973-77 (and photos)