927 : Ascetic treatises
Number
927
Shelf Marks
- Brussels, KBR, 9030-37
Owners before c.1550
- Margaret of Austria
- Mary of Hungary
Commissioners
- Sovereign: Prince
- Gender : Woman
Country
Belgium
Ownership Category
Public
Scribe
David Aubert ?
Origin
-
Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Ghent
- Details : Ghent
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Date
- Date details : c.1475 (c.1475-1479 ?/ 1468-1476)
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1470 - 1479
Physical description
Measurements
- 272 (269+3) leaves
- Size categories of height : 350-374 mm
- Height of text blocks : 373 mm
- Width of text blocks : 267 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 4
- Number of miniatures : 2
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles : 2
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- M Moral Treatises
- M Mary of Burgundy (influence)
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : modern
- Dating : Modern binding
Content
Genre
philosophical, theological, ascetic
Authors
/
Translators
/
Contents
- 1 : Ascetic treatises
Languages
- French
Bibliography
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Photo Archives
Brussels, IRPA-KIK, (4 photos); Brussels, KBR, bl-w photo collection: 4 photos