2716 : Epistre d'Othea
Number
2716
Shelf Marks
- Paris, BNF, fr 1185
Owners before c.1550
- Lodewijk van Gruuthuse
- Louis XII of France
Commissioners
/
Country
France
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
-
Place
- Region : Artois
- Towns : Hesdin
- Details : Hesdin ? / Bruges ?
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Date
- Date details : c.1460-1470 ?
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1460 - 1469
Physical description
Measurements
- 103 (3+97+2+1) leaves
- Size categories of height : 275-299 mm
- Height of text blocks : 277 mm
- Width of text blocks : 201 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 1
- Number of miniatures : 1
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Loyset Liédet
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 18th c. e? (red morocco, King of France)
- Dating : 1700-1800
Content
Genre
didactic
Authors
- Christine de Pizan
Translators
/
Contents
- 1 : Epistre d'Othea
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. 11
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. 110
Online Informations and images
See: http://images.bnf.fr/
Photo Archives
Paris, BNF, bl-w photo collection: 1 photo (f.1)
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman