2809 : Histoire d'Alexandre
Number
2809
Shelf Marks
- Paris, BNF, fr 20311
- Navarre, no. 22
- Cardinal Richelieu
Owners before c.1550
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Commissioners
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Country
France
Ownership Category
Public
Scribe
David Aubert ?
Origin
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Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Bruges
- Details : Bruges ?
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Date
- Date details : c.1470
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1470 - 1479
Physical description
Measurements
- 310 (2+1+304+1+2) leaves
- Size categories of height : 350-374 mm
- Height of text blocks : 370 mm
- Width of text blocks : 266 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations :
- Total number of illustrations : 56
- Number of miniatures :
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles : 56
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Loyset Liédet (follower ?)
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 19th/20th c. ("bibliotheque Nationale")
- Dating : 1800-1900
Content
Genre
historiographic
Authors
- Quintus Curtius Rufus
Translators
- Vasco da Lucena
Contents
- 1 : Histoire d'Alexandre
Languages
- French
Bibliography
Scot McKendrick, The History of Alexander the Great: an Illuminated Manuscript of Vasco da Lucena’s French Translation of the Ancient Text by Quintus Curtius Rufus (Getty Museum Monographs on Illuminated Manuscripts), Los Angeles 1996
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, p.51-52, 68
Online Informations and images
See: http://mandragore.bnf.fr; http://images.bnf.fr/ ; Digitised microfilm: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9063502f
Photo Archives
Paris, BNF, bl-w photo collection: 27 photos
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman