1177 : Fleur des histoires (vol. 2)
Number
1177
Shelf Marks
- Brussels, KBR, IV 669
- Sotheby's 1969-07-09, no. 41
- Groliers Club 1964-05-12, no. 115
- Giraud-Badin 1935-01-28, no. 15
- Drouot 1927-4-10
- Marquise de Villehermose (before 1927) (+ Brussels, KBR, 21252-21253)
Owners before c.1550
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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.1480
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1480 - 1489
Physical description
Measurements
- 499 (1+15+482+1) 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 : 5 large, 32 small miniatures
- Total number of illustrations : 37
- Number of miniatures : 37
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Emblems and Heraldry
"Gar toy de ly"; unidentified arms
Miniaturists
- M Chattering Hands
Material
Mixed (paper + parchment)
Contemporary Bindings
Content
Genre
historiographic
Authors
- Jean Mansel
Translators
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Contents
- 1 : Fleur des histoires (vol. 2)
Languages
- French
Bibliography
Georges Dogaer, Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th centuries, Amsterdam 1987: Loyset Liédet ?
Bert Cardon, Jan Van der Stock & Dominique Vanwijnsberghe (eds.), Als ich can. Liber Amicorum in Memory of Professor Dr. Maurits Smeyers (Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts, 11-12), Leuven 2002, p.1654
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.449, 579 (M Chattering Hands, no. 05)
Cinq années d’acquisitions 1969-1973. Exposition organisée à la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, Brussels 1975, no. 046 (ill. f.1, f122)
Photo Archives
Brussels, KBR, bl-w photo collection: 1 photo