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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

  • Place
    • Region : Flanders
    • Towns : Ghent
    • Details : Ghent
  • 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 :
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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