1987 : Bible historiale (vol. 4)
Number
1987
Shelf Marks
- London, BL, Royal 15 D i (+ Royal 18 D ix + Royal 18 D x)
Owners before c.1550
- Edward IV of England ?
Commissioners
/
Country
United Kingdom
Ownership Category
Public
Scribe
Jean du Ries
Origin
-
Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Bruges
- Details : Bruges
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Date
- Date details : 1470 (text); 1471-1479 (miniatures)
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1470 - 1479
Physical description
Measurements
- 439 leaves
- Size categories of height : 425-449 mm
- Height of text blocks : 435 mm
- Width of text blocks : 320 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations : 11 large, 66 small miniatures
- Total number of illustrations : 77
- Number of miniatures : 77
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- M Soane Josephus (10 miniatures)
- M Edward IV
- Loyset Liédet (follower)
- Philippe de Mazerolles / M Froissart Commynes
- M Chroniques d'Angleterre
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 1757 (brown morocco, Georges II)
- Dating : 1700-1800
Content
Genre
biblical
Authors
- Petrus Comestor
Translators
- Guyart de Moulins
Contents
- 1 : Bible historiale (vol. 4)
Languages
- French
Bibliography
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Bodo Brinkmann, Die flämische Buchmalerei am Ende des Burgunderreichs: der Meister des Dresdener Gebetbuchs und die Miniaturisten seiner Zeit, 2 vols., Turnhout 1997, p.295 (M Soane Josephus, M Edward IV)
Jonathan J.G. Alexander, James H. Marrow & Lucy Freeman Sandler (with the assistance of Elisabeth Moodey and Todor T. Petev), The Splendor of the Word. Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at the New York Public Library, exhib. cat., New York-London-Turnhout 2005, see no. 21
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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.222
Herman Pleij, ‘Lezende leken, of: lezen leken wel? Tekst, drukpers en lezersgedrag tussen middeleeuwen en moderne tijd’, Theo Bijvoet et al. (red.), Bladeren in andermans hoofd: Over lezers en leescultuur, Nijmegen 1996, 50-66, p. 58
George F. Warner & Julius P. Gilson, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King’s Collections, 4 vols, London 1921, vol. II, p. 170 (ill. 93: f.18, 45)
Scot McKendrick, Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts 1400-1500, London 2003, ill. 045
Janet Backhouse, ‘Founders of the Royal Library: Edward IV and Henry VII as Collectors of Illuminated Manuscripts’, England in the Fifteenth Century. Proceedings of the 1986 Harlaxton Symposium, Woodbridge 1987, 23-41: Royal Library, list 2
Online Informations and images
Description and images: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7744&CollID=16&NStart=150401