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The Hague, KB, 73 J 55

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Contents:

Cato, Disticha, together with the French translation by Jean Le Fèvre (c. 1320-after 1380).
Laurent du Bois, Somme le Roi, Chapter III: Traité des vices.
Christine de Pisan, Heures de contemplacion sur la Passion de Nostre Seigneur.
Neuf paroles d'Aubert de Cologne.
Pierre de Nesson, Vigiles des Morts.
Jean de Remin, Enseignement moult piteux (Livre d'impatience)

Place of origin, date:

Central France; c. 1450-1470

Material:

Vellum, ff. 142, 190x145 (145x100) mm, 27 lines, littera hybrida, Binding: 18th-century green dyed vellum; gilt

Decoration:

1 full-page miniature (146x102 mm); 11 miniatures (118/90x102 mm); penwork initials with pen-flourishes (ff. 1r, 27r, 51r, 56v, 67r, etc.)

Provenance:

purchased in 1809 as part of the collection of Jacob Visser (1724-1804) of The Hague (Visser no. 110)

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