(Q47660)
Statements
Bolongaro-Crevenna, P. A
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La Vallière, Louis César de LaBaume LeBlanc de, 1708-1780
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Guyon de Sardière
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Johnes, Thomas, 1748-1816
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Newcastle, Henry Pelham Archibald Douglas Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of, 1864-1928
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Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1450-1500
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ca. 1470
15. century
1470Gregorian
1470Gregorian
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Extent: 61 leaves, bound : vellum ; 22 cm.
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The French text is written in littera bastarda in brown ink in 1 column. There are 1 large miniature in tempera and gold (p. 1), 2 foliate borders, 12 large watercolor drawings, drawings of coats of arms, and many illuminated initials. The rear flyleaf bears a fragment of book 10 of the Code of Justinian (Corpus juris civilis).
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Bound in red morocco inlaid with dark green and elaborately tooled in gilt, probably by Padeloup le Jeune, ca. 1720.
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In a tray case, 24 cm.
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Diane de Poitiers (?); Guyon de Sardière (signature on pp. 1, 122); Louis Jean Gaignet (sale, Paris, 10 Apr. 1769); Duc de la Vallière (sale, Paris, 12 Jan. 1784, lot 3988); P. A. Bolongaro-Crevenna (sale, Amsterdam, 26 Apr. 1790, lot 6552); Thomas Johnes; Clumber library (sale London, 14 Feb. 1938, lot 1094).
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Deposited by Philip Hofer, 1967; gift, 1982.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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