(Q2753)
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Johann Plaecsaert
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C. L. Ricketts, bought in 1907 from Frederick Muller, Amsterdam; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.
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1548
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Binding: Not bound.
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Figurative details, One cutting: A central roundel encloses a vignette of an artist illuminating a choirbook. We see the artist as though peeping through a circular keyhole into his medieval panelled workroom. He is seated with the window on his left, the shutters are folded back and there is glass in the window; the lattice panes were painted with silver, which has now oxidised. The artist is...
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Layout, One cutting: A cutting from the lower border of a manuscript.
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Bibliography: De Ricci 1935, p. 660.
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One cutting: Plasschaert is a Flemish surname, and may be what is meant. On the scroll of the rondel is signed, FRATER. IOHANNES. PlAECSAERT. PICTOR. HUIUS. LIBRi .1.5.4.8 ‘Brother Johann Plaecsaert painter of this book, 1548’.
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One cutting: Latin.
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One cutting: On the scroll of the rondel is signed, FRATER. IOHANNES. PlAECSAERT. PICTOR. HUIUS. LIBRi .1.5.4.8 ‘Brother Johann Plaecsaert painter of this book, 1548’.
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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