959 : Recueil des histoires de Troie (books 1-3)
Number
959
Shelf Marks
- Brussels, KBR, 9254
Owners before c.1550
- Margaret of Austria
- Mary of Hungary ?
- Fam. La Fontaine-Solare
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.1470 (after 1464)
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1470 - 1479
Physical description
Measurements
- 203 (197+6) leaves
- Size categories of height : 375-399 mm
- Height of text blocks : 382 mm
- Width of text blocks : 280 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations :
- Total number of illustrations : 3
- Number of miniatures : 3
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- M Chroniques d'Angleterre
Material
Mixed (paper + parchment)
Binding
- Description : modern
- Dating : Modern binding
Content
Genre
historiographic
Authors
- Raoul Lefèvre
Translators
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Contents
- 1 : Recueil des histoires de Troie (books 1-3)
Languages
- French
Bibliography
Georges Dogaer, Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th centuries, Amsterdam 1987: M Hiero
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.183, 188
Bernard Bousmanne & Thierry Delcourt (dir.), Ilona Hans-Collas, Pascal Schandel, Céline Van Hoorebeeck & Michiel Verweij (eds.), Miniatures flamandes, 1404-1492, exhib. cat. (Brussels-Paris, 2011-2012), Paris-Brussels, 2011, No. 084, p. 323, 328
Camille Gaspar & Frédéric Lyna, Les principaux manuscrits à peintures de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels 1984-1989 [reprint; 1st edition: Paris 1937-1945], no. 274 (M Anthony of Burgundy)
Marguerite Debae, La bibliothèque de Marguerite d’Autriche. Essai de reconstitution d’après l’inventaire de 1523-1524, Leuven 1995: Margaret of Austria, no. 192 (ill. 79: f.79) (as 194)
Photo Archives
Brussels, IRPA-KIK, (3 photos); Brussels, KBR, bl-w photo collection: 3 photos