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3030  :  De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium

Number

3030


Shelf Marks

  • San Marino (CA), Huntington Library, HM 937
  • GD Smith
  • HV Jones (+1928)
  • C Butler (+1910)
  • Sotheby's 1899-02-27, no1829
  • FWB Thellusson (+1911)
  • Molini
  • A-R de Voyer d'Argenson de Paulmy
  • M-R marquis de Voyer (+1782)
  • Paulmy, comte d'Argenson (+1764)

Owners before c.1550

  • Jean de Croy
  • Philippe de Croy
  • Charles de Croy

Commissioners

  • Jean de Croy
    • Nobility
    • Gender : Man

Country

USA


Ownership Category

Public

Scribe

Haguinet (Naquiet) le Pesquier

Origin

  • Place
    • Region : Flanders
    • Towns : Bruges
    • Details : Bruges
  • Date
    • Date details : 1461-1462
    • Half centuries : 1450-1499
    • Decade : 1460 - 1469


Physical description

Measurements

  • 357 leaves
  • Size categories of height : 400-424 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 410 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 320 mm

Illustrations

  • Total number of illustrations : 1
  • Number of miniatures : 1
  • Number of historiated initials :
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings :

Emblems and Heraldry

"Souvienge vous"

Miniaturists

  • M Speculum Glasgow

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : 18th c. (blue morocco, Paulmy)
  • Dating : 1700-1800


Content

Genre

didactic

Authors

  • Boccaccio

Translators

  • Laurent de Premierfait

Contents

  • 1 : De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium

Languages

  • French

Bibliography

Carla Bozzolo, Manuscrits des traductions françaises d’oeuvres de Boccace. XVe siècle (Medioevo e Umanesimo, 15), Padova 1973, p.179

Bert Cardon, Manuscripts of the Speculum Humanae Salvationis in the Southern Netherlands (c. 1410 - c. 1470). A Contribution to the Study of the 15th-Century Book Illumination and of the Function and Meaning of Historical Symbolism (Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts, 9), Leuven 1996, (fig. 182, 183)

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.319-320, 325, 333

Online Informations and images

Description and images: http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/hehweb/HM937.html

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman