1195 : Livre d'espérance
Number
1195
Shelf Marks
- Brussels, KBR, IV 1185
- Charles-Alexandre de Croy-Havré (1581-1624)
Owners before c.1550
- Charles-Alexandre de Croy-Havré (1581-1624)
Commissioners
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Country
Belgium
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Details : North France / SN
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Date
- Date details : c.1490
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1490 - 1499
Physical description
Measurements
- 093 leaves
- Size categories of height : 275-299 mm
- Height of text blocks : 298 mm
- Width of text blocks : 215 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 1
- Number of miniatures : 1
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 17th c. (brown leather over wooden boards)
- Dating : 1600-1700
Content
Genre
didactic
Authors
- Alain Chartier
Translators
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Contents
- 1 : Livre d'espérance
Languages
- French
Bibliography
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.341
Dix années d’acquisitions 1979-1989. Bibliothèque royale Albert 1er, Brussels 1991, no. 004
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman