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The Hague, KB, 78 D 47
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Contents:
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Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (first redaction)
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Place of origin, date:
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Northern France; c. 1250-1275
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Material:
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Vellum, ff. 193, 358x271 (241x169) mm, 42 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 18th-century brown leather; gilt; with coat of arms of Stadholder William V
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Decoration:
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38 column miniatures, mostly divided in four parts (77/64x83/75 mm); 2 historiated initials (70x70 and 39x42 mm); decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 63v, 68v, 74v, 90v, 94v, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes throughout
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Provenance:
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probably acquired by the Counts of Nassau Engelbert II (d. 1504) or Henri III (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 KB in 1816
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Annotation:
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part of f. 188, with miniature, missing (Mithridates)
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© Koninklijke Bibliotheek National Library of the Netherlands
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