Den Haag, KB, KA 16

Handbibliotheek:

Jacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme

Flanders; c. 1350

Beschrijving

455 column miniatures (75/20x65/55 mm); 34 schematic drawings; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 38r, ); penwork initials with pen-flourishes throughout

Herkomst

Since 1937 on permanent loan from the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences), Amsterdam

Codicologie

Vellum, ff. 164, 278X208 (215x160) mm, 2 columns, 38-40 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 16th-century brown leather, gilt

Hier ziet u vanaf nummer 1 tot 40 van 454 illustraties.
Pagina: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1. March: Aries	2. April: Taurus	3. May: Gemini	4. June: Cancer	5. July: Leo
6. August: Virgo	7. September: Libra	8. October: Scorpio	9. November: Sagittarius	10. December: Capricorn
11. January: Aquarius	12. February: Pisces	13. Amazons	14. Soldiers	15. Naked sages
16. Brahmans	17. People that burn their dead	18. People that kill their old parents	19. Giant	20. Dwarfs
21. People that are born with grey hair	22. People that bear quintuplets and live only eight y...	23. People that eat raw fish	24. People with hands back to front	25. People with feet back to front
26. People with dog's heads	27. People with small mouths	28. Cannibals	29. Cyclopes	30. People with one foot
31. People without heads	32. People that live of the scent of apples	33. Wild men with six fingers	34. People with silver armour	35. Race of women with beards
36. People that live both on the land and in the river...	37. Wild men with pig's bristles	38. Race of women with dog's teeth	39. Pygmies	40. People with tails