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The Hague, KB, 71 G 61

Contents:

(I) Pierre d'Ailly, Le jardin amoureux.
(II). Triboulet, Complainte contre la Mort.
Vaillant, La Cornerie des anges de Paradis. - Ballade (composite volume)

Place of origin, date:

Central France; c. 1480

Material:

Vellum, ff. 47 (15+32), 215x150 I: (148x95); II: (123x105) mm, I: 24 lines; II:17 lines, littera hybrida, Binding: 18th-century brown leather; blind (rebacked)

Decoration:

I: 1 miniature (110x110 mm) with 2 coats of arms added to frame; 1 historiated initial (37x46 mm; coat of arms); decorated initials (ff. 2r, 2v, 3r, 3v, 4r, etc.).
II: 5 miniatures (115/85x110/105 mm); decorated initials (ff. 16r, 17r, 24r, 33r, 38v, etc.)

Provenance:

acquired in 1801 by Georges-Joseph Gérard (1734-1814) of Brussels; purchased in 1818 by the Dutch Government with the Gérard collection and placed in the Algemeen Rijksarchief (now: Nationaal Archief) at The Hague; transferred to the KB in 1832 (Gérard no. A16)

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