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1994  :  Perceforest (vol. 1)

Number

1994


Shelf Marks

  • London, BL, Royal 15 E v

Owners before c.1550

  • Henry VII of England ?

Commissioners

/

Country

United Kingdom


Ownership Category

Public

Scribe

David Aubert ?

Origin

  • Place
    • Region : Flanders
    • Towns : Bruges
    • Details : Bruges ?
  • Date
    • Date details : c.1480-1500
    • Half centuries : 1450-1499
    • Decade : 1490 - 1499

Physical description

Measurements

  • 333 leaves
  • Size categories of height : 450-474 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 457 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 343 mm

Illustrations

  • Information on the illustrations :
  • Total number of illustrations : 1
  • Number of miniatures : 1
  • Number of historiated initials :
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings :

Miniaturists

  • M Prayer Books c.1500 (follower)

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description :
  • Dating : (no data)


Content

Genre

literary

Authors

/

Translators

  • David Aubert

Contents

  • 1 : Perceforest (vol. 1)

Languages

  • French

Bibliography

Richard E.F. Straub, David Aubert, escripvain et clerc (Faux titre. Etudes de langue et littérature françaises, 96), Amsterdam-Atlanta 1995, Section 2.2.3.04

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.172

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.195

Elizabeth Moodey, Illuminated Crusader Histories for Philip the Good of Burgundy, Turnhout 2012, p. 14

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. 176b

Online Informations and images

Description and images: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=5629&CollID=16&NStart=150505

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman