2041 : Chroniques de Saint Denis (de France) (vol. 2)
Number
2041
Shelf Marks
- London, BL, Royal 20 E ii
Owners before c.1550
- Henry VII of England
Commissioners
- Thomas Twaytes, as gift for King Henry VII of England
- Foreigner
- Gender : Man
Country
United Kingdom
Ownership Category
Public
Scribe
Hugues de Lembourg
Origin
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Place
- Details : SN ? (N-France ? / England ?)
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Date
- Date details : 1487 (after 1487 ?)
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1480 - 1489
Physical description
Measurements
- 289 leaves
- Size categories of height : 525-549 mm
- Height of text blocks : 540 mm
- Width of text blocks : 368 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations :
- Total number of illustrations : 9
- Number of miniatures : 9
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description :
- Dating : (no data)
Content
Genre
historiographic
Authors
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Translators
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Contents
- 1 : Chroniques de Saint Denis (de France) (vol. 2)
Languages
- French
Bibliography
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. 387b
Janet Backhouse, 'Illuminated Manuscripts Associated with Henry VII and Members of his Immediate Family', Benjamin Thompson (ed.), The Reign of Henry VII: Proceedings of the 1993 Harlaxton Symposium, Stamford 1995, 175-187: Henry VII
Online Informations and images
Description and images: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7596&CollID=16&NStart=200502
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman