2822 : Epistre d'Othea
Number
2822
Shelf Marks
- Paris, BNF, fr 25559
- Duc de la Vallière, no. 106
Owners before c.1550
- Johann von Oettingen
Commissioners
/
Country
France
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
-
Date
- Date details : 1483-1514
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1490 - 1499
Physical description
Measurements
- 126 leaves
- Size categories of height : 225-249 mm
- Height of text blocks : 245 mm
- Width of text blocks : 170 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 1
- Number of miniatures : 1
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : (red morocco)
- Dating : Unknown
Content
Genre
didactic
Authors
- Christine de Pizan
Translators
/
Contents
- 1 : Epistre d'Othea
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.466-467
Hanno Wijsman, Luxury Bound. Illustrated Manuscript Production and Noble and Princely Book Ownership in the Burgundian Netherlands (1400-1550), (Burgundica, xvi), Turnhout (Brepols), 2010: Johann von Oettingen, no. 10
Claudine Lemaire, ‘Les manuscrits de Jean II, comte d’Oettingen ou la fin d’une légende’, Anny Raman & Eugène Manning, Miscellanea Martin Wittek. Album de codicologie et de paléographie offert à Martin Wittek, Leuven 1993, 243-253: Johann von Oettingen no. 4 (as BNF, fr 25560)
Online Informations and images
See: http://images.bnf.fr/
Photo Archives
Paris, BNF, bl-w photo collection: 1 photo