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The Hague, KB, 71 A 19
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Contents:
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Livy, Histoire romaine (4th Decade). Translation from the Latin by Pierre Bersuire
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Place of origin, date:
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France; c. 1425-1450
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Material:
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Vellum, ff. 222, 415x300 (265x170) mm, 46 lines, littera cursiva, Binding: 18th-century brown leather; gilt; with coat of arms of Stadholder William V
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Decoration:
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8 column miniatures (80/85x75 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 26v, 46r, 73r, 96v, 116r, etc.)
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Provenance:
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probably acquired by the Counts of Nassau Engelbert II (d. 1504) or Henry 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 Koninklijke Bibliotheek in1816
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Annotation:
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Opening leaf, probably with two-column miniature, missing before f. 2
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