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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

  • Place
    • Region : Flanders
    • Details : West Flanders
  • 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