697 : De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium
Number
697
Shelf Marks
- Baltimore, WAG, W 314
- Ashburnham (1849)
- Barrois, no. 501
Owners before c.1550
- Jean Lamelin ?
- friar Johannes de Muer (1556)
Commissioners
/
Country
USA
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Flanders
- Details : West Flanders
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Date
- Date details : c.1470
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1470 - 1479
Physical description
Measurements
- 085 (ca.) leaves
- Size categories of height : 275-299 mm
- Height of text blocks : 286 mm
- Width of text blocks : 219 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations :
- Total number of illustrations : 4
- Number of miniatures :
- Number of historiated initials : 4
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- M Jean de Wavrin (influence)
Material
Paper
Binding
- Description : 19th c. (France, blue paste board)
- Dating : 1800-1900
Content
Genre
didactic
Authors
- Boccaccio
Translators
- Jean Lamelin (after Laurent de Premierfait)
Contents
- 1 : De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium
Languages
- French
Bibliography
Carla Bozzolo, Manuscrits des traductions françaises d’oeuvres de Boccace. XVe siècle (Medioevo e Umanesimo, 15), Padova 1973, p.173
Lilian M.C. Randall, assisted by Judith H. Oliver, Christopher Clarkson & Claudia Mark, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. III: Belgium, 1250-1530, 2 vols., Baltimore-London 1997, no. 271 (ill. 510: p. 90)
Online Informations and images
http://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.314/browse
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman