2618 : Histoire ancienne (vol. 1)
Number
2618
Shelf Marks
- Paris, BNF, fr 39 (+ fr 40)
Owners before c.1550
- Lodewijk van Gruuthuse
- Louis XII of France
Commissioners
- Lodewijk van Gruuthuse
- Nobility
- Gender : Man
Country
France
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Bruges
- Details : Bruges ?
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Date
- Date details : c.1480
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1480 - 1489
Physical description
Measurements
- 266 (2+262+2) leaves
- Size categories of height : 450-474 mm
- Height of text blocks : 452 mm
- Width of text blocks : 333 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 20
- Number of miniatures : 20
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Loyset Liédet (small miniatures)
- m Getty Froissart (influence)
- M White Inscriptions (influence)
- M Edward IV (influence)
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 18th c. (red morocco, Louis XV)
- Dating : 1700-1800
Content
Genre
historiographic
Authors
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Translators
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Contents
- 1 : Histoire ancienne (vol. 1)
Languages
- French
Bibliography
Claudine Lemaire & Antoine De Schryver, ‘De bibliotheek van Lodewijk van Gruuthuse’ Vlaamse kunst op perkament, exhib. cat., Bruges 1981, 207-277, p.226
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 VII-42
Pascal Schandel & Ilona Hans-Collas, with the collaboration of Hanno Wijsman and scientific advice by François Avril, Manuscrits enluminés des anciens Pays-Bas méridionaux, Vol. I: Louis de Bruges, Paris-Leuven 2009, no. 05a
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.65
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. 340
Claudine Lemaire, ‘Lijst van handschriften’, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Lodewijk van Gruuthuse. Mecenas en Europees diplomaat, ca. 1427-1492, Bruges 1992: Lodewijk van Gruuthuse, no. 059a
Online Informations and images
See: http://mandragore.bnf.fr; http://images.bnf.fr/ ; Digitised microfilm: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90591959
Photo Archives
Paris, BNF, bl-w photo collection: 4 photos (f.15, 237, 259, 263v)