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Vie de Sainte Marguerite

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Accession number: 
MS B.22
Title: 
Vie de Sainte Marguerite
Created: 
Northern France, between 1460 and 1499.
Binding: 
19th-century gold-tooled tan morocco by Behrends.
Credit: 
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.

Script: 
textura
Language: 
French
Resources: 
Description/Bibliography
Century: 
15th century
Genres: 
Illuminated manuscripts
Miniatures (Illuminations)
Illuminated initials (layout features)
Vellum (parchment)
Textura
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts