1988 : Histoire d'Alexandre
Number
1988
Shelf Marks
- London, BL, Royal 15 D iv
Owners before c.1550
- Guillaume de la Baume
- gift for John Donne (1477)
- Henry VIII of England
Commissioners
/
Country
United Kingdom
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
-
Date
- Date details : c.1470-1477 (before 1477)
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1470 - 1479
Physical description
Measurements
- 219 leaves
- Size categories of height : 425-449 mm
- Height of text blocks : 430 mm
- Width of text blocks : 335 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations : 17 large, 32 small miniatures (grisailles)
- Total number of illustrations : 49
- Number of miniatures : 49
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- M Chroniques d'Angleterre (borders)
- M Tournai Evangelary
- M Rambures ?
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description :
- Dating : (no data)
Content
Genre
historiographic
Authors
- Quintus Curtius Rufus
Translators
- Vasco da Lucena
Contents
- 1 : Histoire d'Alexandre
Languages
- French
Bibliography
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Online Informations and images
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