2106 : Speculum historiale (vol. 1a)
Number
2106
Shelf Marks
- Los Angeles, JP Getty Museum, Ludwig XIII 5 (vol. 1) (acc. 83.MP.148)
- William H Crawford
- Fairfax Murray
- Dyson Perrins
- Sotheby's 1891-03-12, no. 3255 (vol. 1)
Owners before c.1550
- Fam. Lannoy
- Jean de Lannoy (1542-1602)
Commissioners
- Fam. Lannoy
- Nobility
- Gender : Man
Country
USA
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Ghent
- Details : Ghent
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Date
- Date details : c.1475
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1470 - 1479
Physical description
Measurements
- 191 leaves
- Size categories of height : 425-449 mm
- Height of text blocks : 438 mm
- Width of text blocks : 305 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations :
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- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- M Margaret of York (circle)
- other hands
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 19th c. (brown morocco over wooden boards)
- Dating : 1800-1900
Content
Genre
historiographic
Authors
- Vincent de Beauvais
Translators
- Jean de Vignay
Contents
- 1 : Speculum historiale (vol. 1a)
Languages
- French
Bibliography
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.424
Anton von Euw & Joachim M. Plotzek, Die Handschriften der Sammlung Ludwig, 4 vols., Cologne 1979-1985, no. XIII 5 (vol I & II: 44 ill.)
Online Informations and images
http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/1548
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman