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2779  :  Livre des simples médecines

Number

2779


Shelf Marks

  • Paris, BNF, fr 12321 (anc. suppl. fr. 2036, 58)
  • Lyon, Jesuits

Owners before c.1550

  • Isabella of Portugal (wife Philip the Good)

Commissioners

/

Country

France


Ownership Category

Public

Origin

  • Place
    • Details : SN (NN ?)
  • Date
    • Date details : c.1430-1470 ?
    • Half centuries :

Physical description

Measurements

  • 227 leaves
  • Size categories of height : 300-324 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 300 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 225 mm

Illustrations

  • Information on the illustrations :
  • Total number of illustrations :
  • Number of miniatures :
  • Number of historiated initials :
  • Number of grisailles :

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : (grey calf)
  • Dating : Unknown


Content

Genre

scientific

Authors

  • Mattheus Platearius

Translators

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Contents

  • 1 : Livre des simples médecines

Languages

  • French

Bibliography

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.181

Online Informations and images

See: http://mandragore.bnf.fr; http://images.bnf.fr/

Photo Archives

Paris, BNF, bl-w photo collection: 5 photos

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman