Jean Froissart, Chroniques (Vol. 1)
Paris, Virgil Master (illuminator); c. 1400-1410
Beschrijving
1 two-column miniature (170x180 mm) with border decoration; 29 column miniatures (115/65x95/80 mm) with border decoration; 1 historiated initial (45x50 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 1r, 24r, 36r, 62r, 74v, etc.)
Herkomst
Acquired by Philip of Cleves (d. 1528) before 1492 (coat of arms with label); purchased in 1531 from his estate by Henri III, Count of Nassau (d. 1538); collection of the Princes of Orange-Nassau, the later Stadtholders at The Hague; taken in 1795 to Paris by the French occupying forces and restituted in 1816 to the KB
Codicologie
Vellum, ff. 382, 385x288 (243x187) mm, 2 columns, 42 lines, littera cursiva. French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, gilt, with coat of arms of Stadtholder William V
