2803 : Forteresse de la foi (vol. 3)
Number
2803
Shelf Marks
- Paris, BNF, fr 20069 (+ fr 20067-20069)
- Duc de la Vallière, no. 5-3
Owners before c.1550
- Lodewijk van Gruuthuse
- Claude d'Urfé
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.1460-1470 (before 1492)
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1460 - 1469
Physical description
Measurements
- 158 leaves
- Size categories of height : 500-524 mm
- Height of text blocks : 500 mm
- Width of text blocks : 370 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 2
- Number of miniatures : 2
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Loyset Liédet (and workshop)
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : (red morocco)
- Dating : Unknown
Content
Genre
philosophical, theological, ascetic
Authors
- Alfonso Lopez de Spina
Translators
- Pierre Richard
Contents
- 1 : Forteresse de la foi (vol. 3)
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.228
Merle Fifield, ‘The French Manuscripts of La Forteresse de la Foi’, Manuscripta, 16 (1972), 98-111, no. 09c
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. 14c
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. 133c
Online Informations and images
See: http://images.bnf.fr/ ; Digitised microfilm : http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107210334
Photo Archives
Paris, BNF, bl-w photo collection: 2 photos (f.272, 397)