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Giovanni Boccaccio and Florentines who have fled from the plague
- Contents: Giovanni Boccaccio, Le Decameron. Translated from the Italian by Laurent de Premierfait
- Place of origin, date: Bruges, Master of 1482 and follower (illuminators); c. 1485
- Material: Vellum, ff. 440, 457x334 (289x202) mm, 37 lines, littera hybrida, Binding: 18th-century brown leather; gilt; with coat of arms of Stadholder William V
- Decoration: 7 two-column miniatures (220/205x220/200 mm) with decorated initials; penwork initials with pen-flourishes (only ff. 2r-16v)
- Provenance: Philip of Cleves (d. 1528; signature); purchased in 1531 from his estate by Henri 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 theKoninklijke Bibliotheek in 1816
- Annotation: Opening leaf, probably containing miniature, missing before fol. 2 (= first leaf, numbered ii), opening leaves containing miniatures missing before ff. 218 (Fifth day), 314 (Eighth day), 391 (Tenth day)
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| current | 08:53, 13 January 2017 | | 716 × 768 (711 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Giovanni Boccaccio and Florentines who have fled from the plague <ul> <li>Contents: Giovanni Boccaccio, Le Decameron. Translated from the Italian by Laurent de Premierfait</li> <li>Place of origin, date: Bruges, Master of 1482 and follower (illuminators); c. 1485 </li> <li>Material: Vellum, ff. 440, 457x334 (289x202) mm, 37 lines, littera hybrida, Binding: 18th-century brown leather; gilt; with coat of arms of Stadholder William V </li> <li>Decoration: 7 two-column miniatures (220/205x220/200 mm) with decorated initials; penwork initials with pen-flourishes (only ff. 2r-16v)</li> <li>Provenance: Philip of Cleves (d. 1528; signature); purchased in 1531 from his estate by Henri 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 theKoninklijke Bibliotheek in 1816</li> <li>Annotation: Opening leaf, probably containing miniature, missing before fol. 2 (= first leaf, numbered ii), opening leaves containing miniatures missing before ff. 218 (Fifth day), 314 (Eighth day), 391 (Tenth day)</li> </ul> |
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