1849 : De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium …
Number
1849
Shelf Marks
- London, BL, Add. 11696
- Count of Survilliers (1840)
Owners before c.1550
- Jean de Montferrant
Commissioners
- Jean de Montferrant ?
- Nobility
- Gender : Man
Country
United Kingdom
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
-
Date
- Date details : c.1450-1475
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1460 - 1469
Physical description
Measurements
- 302 leaves
- Size categories of height : 350-374 mm
- Height of text blocks : 370 mm
- Width of text blocks : 255 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations :
- Total number of illustrations : 8
- Number of miniatures : 8
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Philippe de Mazerolles / M Froissart Commynes (circle)
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : (red morocco)
- Dating : Modern binding
Content
Genre
didactic
Authors
- Boccaccio
Translators
- Laurent de Premierfait
Contents
- 1 : De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium
- 2 : …
Languages
- French
Bibliography
Carla Bozzolo, Manuscrits des traductions françaises d’oeuvres de Boccace. XVe siècle (Medioevo e Umanesimo, 15), Padova 1973, p.131
Laetitia Le Guay, Les princes de Bourgogne lecteurs de Froissart. Les rapports entre le texte et l’image dans les manuscrits enluminés du livre IV des Chroniques, Turnhout 1998, (M Froissart de Commynes)
Thomas Kren & Scot McKendrick, with contributions by Maryan W. Ainsworth, Mari-Tere Alvarez, Brigitte Dekeyser, Richard Gay, Elisabeth Morrison & Catherine Reynolds, Illuminating the Renaissance. The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, exhib. cat., Los Angeles-London 2003, p.016
Catherine Reynolds, ‘Illustrated Boccaccio Manuscripts in the British Library (London)’, Studi sul Boccaccio, 17 (1988), 113-181, p. 117