998 : Roman de Thebes Roman de Troie
Number
998
Shelf Marks
- Brussels, KBR, 9650-52
Owners before c.1550
- Jean, bastard of Wavrin
- Charles de Croy
- Margaret of Austria
Commissioners
- Jean, bastard of Wavrin
- Nobility
- Gender : Man
Country
Belgium
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Lille
- Details : Lille ?
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Date
- Date details : 1459-1460
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1450 - 1459
Physical description
Measurements
- 199 (196+3) leaves
- Size categories of height : 275-299 mm
- Height of text blocks : 295 mm
- Width of text blocks : 224 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 65
- Number of miniatures :
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings : 65
Miniaturists
- M Bodmer 160
- M Jean de Wavrin (circle)
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 19th c.
- Dating : 1800-1900
Content
Genre
historiographic
Authors
/
Translators
/
Contents
- 1 : Roman de Thebes
- 2 : Roman de Troie
Languages
- French
Bibliography
Claudine Lemaire & Michèle Henry, Isabelle de Portugal. Duchesse de Bourgogne, 1397-1471, exhib. cat., Brussels 1991 [also published in Dutch: Isabella van Portugal. Hertogin van Bourgondië, 1397-1471, Brussels 1991], no. 05
Christiane Van den Bergen-Pantens, Manuscrits à peintures 1460-1486. Exposition, Bruxelles, Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, exhib. cat., Brussels 1989 [also available in Dutch: Handschriften met miniaturen, 1460-1486], no. 24 (ill. f.8v)
Georges Dogaer, Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th centuries, Amsterdam 1987: M Wavrin (imitator)
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. 24 (1 ill.)
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, p.091 (ill.)
Bert Cardon, Jan Van der Stock & Dominique Vanwijnsberghe (eds.), Als ich can. Liber Amicorum in Memory of Professor Dr. Maurits Smeyers (Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts, 11-12), Leuven 2002, p.0401-432
Brigitte Dekeyser & Jan Van der Stock, Manuscripts in Transition. Recycling Manuscripts, Texts and Images. Proceedings of the International Congres held in Brussels (5-9 November 2002) (Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts, 15), Leuven 2005, p.310-315
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.325, 473-477
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. 297 (M Wavrin (follower))
Hanno Wijsman, Luxury Bound. Illustrated Manuscript Production and Noble and Princely Book Ownership in the Burgundian Netherlands (1400-1550), (Burgundica, xvi), Turnhout (Brepols), 2010: Jean de Wavrin, no. 11
Marguerite Debae, La bibliothèque de Marguerite d’Autriche. Essai de reconstitution d’après l’inventaire de 1523-1524, Leuven 1995: Margaret of Austria, no. 004 (ill. 5: f.13)
Antoinette Naber, ‘Les manuscrits d’un bibliophile bourguignon du XVe siècle, Jean de Wavrin’, Revue du Nord, 72 (1990), 23-48: Jean de Wavrin
Photo Archives
Brussels, IRPA-KIK, (5 photos); Brussels, KBR, bl-w photo collection: 11 photos