915 : Forteresse de la foi
Number
915
Shelf Marks
- Brussels, KBR, 9007
Owners before c.1550
- Charles de Croy
- Margaret of Austria
- Mary of Hungary
Commissioners
/
Country
Belgium
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
-
Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Bruges
- Details : Bruges ? (Ghent ?)
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Date
- Date details : c.1480-1485
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1480 - 1489
Physical description
Measurements
- 407 (3+400+4) leaves
- Size categories of height : 475-499 mm
- Height of text blocks : 477 mm
- Width of text blocks : 352 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations : 5 miniatures: f.14, 81, 122, 256, 369
- Total number of illustrations : 5
- Number of miniatures : 5
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Emblems and Heraldry
overpainted arms
Miniaturists
- M Prayer Books c.1500 (circle) ??
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 19th c. (leather)
- Dating : 1800-1900
Content
Genre
philosophical, theological, ascetic
Authors
- Alfonso Lopez de Spina
Translators
- Pierre Richard
Contents
- 1 : Forteresse de la foi
Languages
- French
Bibliography
Merle Fifield, ‘The French Manuscripts of La Forteresse de la Foi’, Manuscripta, 16 (1972), 98-111, no. 04
Marguerite Debae, La librairie de Marguerite d’Autriche, exhib. cat., Brussels 1987 [also published in Dutch: De librije van Margareta van Oostenrijk, Brussels 1987], no. 29 (1 ill.)
Maurits Smeyers en Jan Van der Stock (eds.), Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts, 1475-1550, Ghent 1997 [also published in Dutch: Vlaamse miniaturen voor vorsten en burgers, 1475-1550, Ghent 1997], cat. no. 07 (ill. f.14)
Pierre Cockshaw & Christiane Van den Bergen-Pantens (eds.), L’ordre de la Toison d’or de Philippe le Bon à Philippe le Beau (1430-1505). Idéal ou reflet d’une société?, Turnhout 1996, Section VI-37
Hanno Wijsman (ed.), with the collaboration of Ann Kelders and Susie Speakman Sutch, Books in Transition at the Time of Philip the Fair. Manuscripts and Printed Books in the Late Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century Low Countries (Burgundica, 15), Turnhout 2010, p.126
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.70
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.326
Camille Gaspar & Frédéric Lyna, Les principaux manuscrits à peintures de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels 1984-1989 [reprint; 1st edition: Paris 1937-1945], no. 252
Marguerite Debae, La bibliothèque de Marguerite d’Autriche. Essai de reconstitution d’après l’inventaire de 1523-1524, Leuven 1995: Margaret of Austria, no. 013 (ill. 8: f.81)
Alphonse Bayot, Martin le Franc: l’estrif de fortune et de vertu: étude du manuscrit 9510 de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, provenant de l’ancienne “librairie” des Croÿ de Chimay, Brussels 1928: Croy, no. 02
Photo Archives
Brussels, IRPA-KIK, (5 photos); Brussels, KBR, bl-w photo collection: 5 photos