2775 : Vita St Catherina of Siena
Number
2775
Shelf Marks
- Paris, BNF, fr 9761 (anc. suppl. fr. 632, 6)
Owners before c.1550
- Philip the Good
- Charles the Bold
- Library Burgundian Dukes
Commissioners
- Philip the Good ?
- Sovereign: Prince
- Gender : Man
- Charles the Bold ?
- Sovereign: Prince
- Gender : Man
Country
France
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Bruges
- Details : Hesdin ? / Bruges ?
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Date
- Date details : c.1470 (after 1461 / after 1467 ?)
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1470 - 1479
Physical description
Measurements
- 124 leaves
- Size categories of height : 275-299 mm
- Height of text blocks : 287 mm
- Width of text blocks : 214 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations :
- Total number of illustrations : 4
- Number of miniatures : 4
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Loyset Liédet
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 19th c. (crowned "N": Napoleon)
- Dating : 1800-1900
Content
Genre
Authors
/
Translators
/
Contents
- 1 : Vita St Catherina of Siena
Languages
- French
Bibliography
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.144-145
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.233, 538
Online Informations and images
See: http://images.bnf.fr/ ; Digitised microfilm: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90631007
Photo Archives
Paris, BNF, bl-w photo collection: 4 photos (f.1, 33, 97, 115v)
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman