- Title
- Les décades : manuscript, [ca. 1415-1430], Volume 1
- Livy, creator
Boucicaut Master, active 15th century, illuminator.
Bedford Master, active 1415-1430, illuminator.
Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr, Marquis of, 1882-1940, former owner.
Master of the Harvard Hannibal, illuminator. - France
- Books I-X, and XXI-XXX of the French translation by Pierre Berseure (c. 1290-1362). The 2 vols. were brought together at an early date.
- 2 v. (262, 191 leaves) : vellum, ill. ; 45 cm.
- French
- Manuscripts, Medieval-France-1400-1450.
Illuminations.
Rules (layout features)
Catchwords.
Pricking (parchment marking) - Books and documents
- Rome--History
- Written in bâtarde script in 2 columns of 54 lines; 2 large frontispiece miniatures and 18 smaller miniatures, numerous foliate borders and decorated initials.
Vol. 1 (ca. 1425-30) : illumination attributed to a follower of the Bedford Master; v. 2 (ca. 1415) : illumination attributed to the Boucicaut Master and his workshop, and to the Master of the Harvard Hannibal.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Bound in late 18th-cent. russia, by James Scott of Edinburgh (label).
In a tray case, 49 cm.
Also available in an electronic version. - MS Richardson 32. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- 990098877070203941_FHCL.HOUGH:4514598
- Title
- Les décades : manuscript, [ca. 1415-1430], Volume 1
- Creator / Contributor
- Livy, creator
Boucicaut Master, active 15th century, illuminator.
Bedford Master, active 1415-1430, illuminator.
Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr, Marquis of, 1882-1940, former owner.
Master of the Harvard Hannibal, illuminator. - Place of Origin
- France
- Description
- Books I-X, and XXI-XXX of the French translation by Pierre Berseure (c. 1290-1362). The 2 vols. were brought together at an early date.
- Extent
- 2 v. (262, 191 leaves) : vellum, ill. ; 45 cm.
- Language
- French
- Genre
- Manuscripts, Medieval-France-1400-1450.
Illuminations.
Rules (layout features)
Catchwords.
Pricking (parchment marking) - Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Subjects
- Rome--History
- Notes
- Written in bâtarde script in 2 columns of 54 lines; 2 large frontispiece miniatures and 18 smaller miniatures, numerous foliate borders and decorated initials.
Vol. 1 (ca. 1425-30) : illumination attributed to a follower of the Bedford Master; v. 2 (ca. 1415) : illumination attributed to the Boucicaut Master and his workshop, and to the Master of the Harvard Hannibal.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Bound in late 18th-cent. russia, by James Scott of Edinburgh (label).
In a tray case, 49 cm.
Also available in an electronic version. - Cite As
- MS Richardson 32. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Series
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Record ID
- 990098877070203941_FHCL.HOUGH:4514598
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