2575 : De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium
Number
2575
Shelf Marks
- Paris, BA, 5192
Owners before c.1550
- Anthony of Burgundy (the Great Bastard)
Commissioners
- Anthony of Burgundy (the Great Bastard) ?
- Nobility
- Gender : Man
Country
France
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
-
Place
- Region : Hainaut
- Towns : Mons
- Details : Mons ?
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Date
- Date details : c.1460-1470
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1460 - 1469
Physical description
Measurements
- 346 leaves
- Size categories of height : 400-424 mm
- Height of text blocks : 402 mm
- Width of text blocks : 310 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 178
- Number of miniatures : 178
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Jacquemart Pilavaine (influence)
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 18th c. (Paulmy)
- Dating : 1700-1800
Content
Genre
didactic
Authors
- Boccaccio
Translators
- Laurent de Premierfait
Contents
- 1 : De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium
Languages
- French
Bibliography
Carla Bozzolo, Manuscrits des traductions françaises d’oeuvres de Boccace. XVe siècle (Medioevo e Umanesimo, 15), Padova 1973, p.050
Pierre Cockshaw & Christiane Van den Bergen-Pantens (eds.), L’ordre de la Toison d’or de Philippe le Bon à Philippe le Beau (1430-1505). Idéal ou reflet d’une société?, Turnhout 1996, Section VI-36
Hanno Wijsman, Luxury Bound. Illustrated Manuscript Production and Noble and Princely Book Ownership in the Burgundian Netherlands (1400-1550), (Burgundica, xvi), Turnhout (Brepols), 2010, p.333
Christiane Van den Bergen-Pantens, ‘Héraldique et bibliophilie: Le cas d’Antoine, Grand Bâtard de Bourgogne (1421-1504)’, Anny Raman & Eugène Manning (eds.), Miscellanea Martin Wittek. Album de codicologie et de paléographie offer à Martin Wittek, Leuven 1993, 323-354: Anthony of Burgundy, no. 23
Online Informations and images
See: http://images.bnf.fr/
Photo Archives
Paris, BNF, bl-w photo collection: 1 photo (f.331)