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English: Livy, Histoire romaine. Translation from the Latin by Pierre Bersuire: The battle of Cannae
  • Place of origin, date: Paris, follower of the Luçon Master, First Master of the Grande Bible Historiale Complétée of Jean, Duc de Berry (Paris, BNF, fr. 159) or Ravenelle Master (illuminators); c. 1390-1400
  • Material: Vellum, ff. 228+196+160 (3 vols.), 415x303 (279x188) mm, 52 lines, littera textualis, Bindings: 18th-century brown leather; gilt
  • Decoration: Vol. I: 1 two-column miniature (145x185 mm); 9 column miniatures (80/70x85/80 mm); 2 illustrations in the margin (emblems); decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 9r, 12v, 19r, 23v, 26v, etc.); penwork initials throughout. Vol. II: 1 two-column miniature(154x185 mm); 9 column miniatures (100/80x105/80 mm); 2 illustrations in the margin (emblems); decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 5r, 8r, 25r, 46r, 64r, etc.); penwork initials throughout. Vol. III: 1 two-column miniature (140x188 mm); 8 column miniatures (85/70x90/80mm); 2 illustrations in the margin (emblems); decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 5r, 10r, 22v, 36r, 55r, etc.); penwork initials throughout. Added: coats of arms, emblems and motto of Philip of Cleves on the opening pages of all three volumes
  • Provenance: possibly made for Bertrando de Rossi, Count of San Secundo (emblem). Louis de Luxembourg, connétable de France (d. 1475; signature); by descent to his granddaughter Françoise de Luxembourg and her husband Philip of Cleves (d. 1528; coats of arms, emblems, motto;signature); purchased in 1531 from Philip's estate by Henry III, Count of Nassau (d. 1538); by descent to the Princes of Orange-Nassau, the later Stadholders, at The Hague; carried off in 1795 to Paris by the French and restituted to the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in 1816
Date between circa 1390 and circa 1400
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1390-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Livy, Histoire romaine. Translation from the Latin by Pierre Bersuire
Author follower of the Luçon Master, First Master of the Grande Bible Historiale Complétée of Jean, Duc de Berry (Paris, BNF, fr. 159) or Ravenelle Master (illuminators)

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