2771 : Histoire d'Alexandre
Number
2771
Shelf Marks
- Paris, BNF, fr 9342 (anc. suppl. fr. 3267)
Owners before c.1550
- Philip the Good
- Library Burgundian Dukes
Commissioners
- Philip the Good ?
- Sovereign: Prince
- Gender : Man
Country
France
Ownership Category
Public
Scribe
Jacques du Bois
Origin
-
Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Bruges
- Details : Bruges ?
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Date
- Date details : 1448 (after 1448 ? / c.1460)
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1450 - 1459
Physical description
Measurements
- 227 leaves
- Size categories of height : 425-449 mm
- Height of text blocks : 435 mm
- Width of text blocks : 305 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 82
- Number of miniatures : 82
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- M Wauquelin's Alexander
- M Liriopé
- M Jewish Proc.
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 19th c. (Napoleon I)
- Dating : 1800-1900
Content
Genre
historiographic
Authors
- Jean Wauquelin
Translators
/
Contents
- 1 : Histoire d'Alexandre
Languages
- French
Bibliography
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Georges Dogaer & Marguerite Debae, La librairie de Philippe le Bon, exhib. cat., Brussels 1967 [also published in Dutch: De librije van Filips de Goede, Brussels 1967] (in list p. 161-163)
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Online Informations and images
Digitisation: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6000083z; See also: http://mandragore.bnf.fr; http://images.bnf.fr/
Photo Archives
Brussels, IRPA-KIK, File France 10 (photo of f. 1); Paris, BNF, bl-w photo collection: 73 photos