2044 : Chroniques de Saint Denis (de France) (vol. 6)
Number
2044
Shelf Marks
- London, BL, Royal 20 E vi
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 ? (NN ? / England ?)
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Date
- Date details : 1487 (after 1487 ?)
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1480 - 1489
Physical description
Measurements
- 299 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 : 3
- Number of miniatures : 3
- 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. 6)
Languages
- French
Bibliography
Scot McKendrick, John Lowden, Kathleen Jackson, with Joanna Fronska and Deirdre Jackson, Royal Manuscripts. The Genius of Illumination, Exhibition Catalogue, British Library, London, 2011, no. 120
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. 387f
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=7592&CollID=16&NStart=200506