Accession number
MS B.22
Object title
Vie de Sainte Marguerite (MS B.22).
Created
Northern France, between 1460 and 1499.
Binding
19th-century gold-tooled tan morocco by Behrends.
Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Description
23 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 172 x 133 mm
Provenance
Johanne La Poullette; Walter L. Nash; purchased by Curt F. Bühler at Sotheby's (London, July 18, 1955, lot 120).
Notes
Ms. vie de sainte marguerite, saint's life; written in French verse and illuminated in northern France in the last third of the 15th century.
Decoration: 1 large miniature, 1 small miniature, 1 full illuminated border, 1 partial illuminated border, numerous illuminated initials and line endings.
Decoration: 1 large miniature, 1 small miniature, 1 full illuminated border, 1 partial illuminated border, numerous illuminated initials and line endings.
Script
textura
Language
French
Resources
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