2691 : Faits d'armes et de chevalerie
Number
2691
Shelf Marks
- Paris, BNF, fr 585
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
- Details : Flanders
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Date
- Date details : c.1470-1480 (before 1492)
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1470 - 1479
Physical description
Measurements
- 130 (1+1+123+1+2+1+1) leaves
- Size categories of height : 300-324 mm
- Height of text blocks : 324 mm
- Width of text blocks : 233 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations :
- Total number of illustrations : 4
- Number of miniatures : 4
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- M Margaret of York
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 19th c.? (veau brun raciné)
- Dating : 1800-1900
Content
Genre
didactic
Authors
- Vegetius
Translators
- Christine de Pisan
- Jean de Vignay
Contents
- 1 : Faits d'armes et de chevalerie
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.227
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. 32
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. 093
Online Informations and images
Digitisation : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8448959c
Photo Archives
Paris, BNF, bl-w photo collection: 3 photos (f.1, 39, 74)
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman