864 : De civitate Dei (books 15-21)
Number
864
Shelf Marks
- Brugge, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge (Biekorf), 108
Owners before c.1550
- Duinenabdij (convent), near Bruges
Commissioners
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Country
Belgium
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Bruges
- Details : Bruges
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Date
- Date details : c.1450-1470
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1460 - 1469
Physical description
Measurements
- 296 leaves
- Size categories of height : 325-349 mm
- Height of text blocks : 336 mm
- Width of text blocks : 239 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations :
- Total number of illustrations : 2
- Number of miniatures :
- Number of historiated initials : 2
- Number of grisailles :
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : (leather over wooden boards)
- Dating : Unknown
Content
Genre
philosophical, theological, ascetic
Authors
- Augustine
Translators
/
Contents
- 1 : De civitate Dei (books 15-21)
Languages
- Latin
Bibliography
Claudine Lemaire & Antoine De Schryver, ‘De bibliotheek van Lodewijk van Gruuthuse’ Vlaamse kunst op perkament, exhib. cat., Bruges 1981, 207-277, no. 056, pl 58 (f.1v)
Laurent Busine & Ludo Vandamme, with the collaboration of Noël Geirnaert & Sofie Leyts, Besloten wereld, open boeken. Middeleeuwse handschriften in dialoog met actuele kunst, Bruges 2002, no. 21a
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.264
Online Informations and images
http://www.flandrica.be/items/show/937/ ; http://cabrio.bibliotheek.brugge.be/browse/webgaleries/MS108/index.html
Photo Archives
Leuven, Illuminare, Slides nos. 00027-8