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2334  :  Liber astrologiae

Number

2334


Shelf Marks

  • Zurich, J. Rosenthal
  • Dijon, M. Court
  • Joursanvault

Owners before c.1550

  • Jean de Berry

Commissioners

  • Hautscilt (abbot Eeckhoutabdij (convent), Bruges), as gift for Jean de Berry
    • Clergy: Prelat
    • Gender : Man

Country

USA


Ownership Category

Public

Origin

  • Place
    • Region : Flanders
    • Towns : Bruges
    • Details : Bruges
  • Date
    • Date details : c.1403 (before 1403 ?)
    • Half centuries : 1400-1449
    • Decade : 1400 - 1409

Physical description

Measurements

  • 056 (4+52) leaves
  • Size categories of height : 225-249 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 248 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 175 mm

Illustrations

  • Information on the illustrations :
  • Total number of illustrations : 76
  • Number of miniatures :
  • Number of historiated initials :
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings : 76

Miniaturists

  • M Glasgow-Rouen
  • M Morgan 785

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : modern
  • Dating : Modern binding


Content

Genre

scientific

Authors

  • Georgius Zothori Zapari Fenduli

Translators

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Contents

  • 1 : Liber astrologiae

Languages

  • Latin

Bibliography

Henri L.M. Defoer, Anne S. Korteweg & Wilhelmina C.M. Wüstefeld, The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting, exhib. cat., New York-Utrecht-Stuttgart 1989, p.209

Georges Dogaer, Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th centuries, Amsterdam 1987: Realism c.1400, ill.. 3 (f.48)

Maurits Smeyers, Bert Cardon, Susie Vertongeren, Katrien Smeyers & Rita Van Dooren, Naer natueren ghelike. Vlaamse miniaturen voor Van Eyck (ca. 1350 – ca. 1420), Leuven 1993, no. 31

Bert Cardon, Manuscripts of the Speculum Humanae Salvationis in the Southern Netherlands (c. 1410 - c. 1470). A Contribution to the Study of the 15th-Century Book Illumination and of the Function and Meaning of Historical Symbolism (Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts, 9), Leuven 1996

Medieval Mastery. Book Illumination from Charlemagne to Charles the Bold, 800-1475, exhib. cat., Leuven 2002, no. 68

Bernard Bousmanne & Thierry Delcourt (dir.), Ilona Hans-Collas, Pascal Schandel, Céline Van Hoorebeeck & Michiel Verweij (eds.), Miniatures flamandes, 1404-1492, exhib. cat. (Brussels-Paris, 2011-2012), Paris-Brussels, 2011, p. 130

William M Voelkle , Illuminated Manuscripts: Treasures of the Pierpont Morgan Library New York, New York 1998, p. 252 (f.50v)

William Voelkle , Mediaeval & renaissance manuscripts. Major acquisitions of the Pierpont Morgan Library 1924-1974, New York 1974, no. 42 (ill.)

Online Informations and images

See : http://ica.themorgan.org/list

Photo Archives

Leuven, Illuminare, Slides nos. 01059-60, 03484-6, 04388-4491?

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman