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Contents:

Gregory the Great, Les Homélies sur les quatre évangiles

Place of origin, date:

Southern Netherlands, follower of Loyset Li‚det; c. 1480-1490

Material:

Vellum, ff. 304, 301x220 (210x144) mm, 30-32 lines, littera hybrida#, Binding: 18th-century brown leather; gilt

Decoration:

1 two-column miniature (163x139 mm); decorated initials with border decoration (only up till f. 40: ff. Ir, IIv, 1r, 2r, 6v, etc.)
Added: 1 illustration in the margin (coat of arms)

Provenance:

acquired before 1492 by Philip of Cleves (d. 1528; coat of arms with label; 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 toParis by the French and restituted to the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in 1816

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