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1635  :  Astronomical, astrological, and mathematical treatises

Number

1635


Shelf Marks

  • Gent, Cathedral, 11

Owners before c.1550

  • Raphael de Mercatellis

Commissioners

  • Raphael de Mercatellis
    • Clergy: Prelat
    • Gender : Man

Country

Belgium


Ownership Category

Ecclesiastical

Origin

  • Place
    • Region : Flanders
    • Details : Flanders
  • Date
    • Date details : c.1450-1500
    • Half centuries : 1450-1499

Physical description

Measurements

  • 178 leaves
  • Size categories of height : 400-424 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 400 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 290 mm

Illustrations

  • Information on the illustrations :
  • Total number of illustrations :
  • Number of miniatures :
  • Number of historiated initials :
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings :

Miniaturists

  • M Mercatellis

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : modern (with original metal furniture)
  • Dating : Modern binding


Content

Genre

scientific

Authors

  • Alfraganus
  • Regiomontanus
  • Sacroboso
  • etc.

Translators

/

Contents

  • 1 : Astronomical, astrological, and mathematical treatises

Languages

  • Latin

Bibliography

Georges Dogaer, Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th centuries, Amsterdam 1987: M Mercatellis

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.0557

Albert Derolez, The library of Raphael de Marcatellis, abbot of St. Bavon’s, Ghent, 1437-1508, Ghent 1979: Mercatellis, no. 37 (ill. 62, 63)

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman