Antwerpen, Museum Plantin-Moretus, M 15.5

Jean Froissart, Chroniques, Book II

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-11702

Title

Jean Froissart, Chroniques, Book II

Collection

Antwerpen, Museum Plantin-Moretus

Shelfmark

Antwerpen, Museum Plantin-Moretus, M 15.5

Former shelfmark

M 15.4-6, 2

Catalogue number

5 (Denucé 1927)

Other numbers

683 (Repertorium van verluchte handschriften 'Collectie Vlaanderen' (Illuminare))

Manuscript Category

history

Document type

library book / reference book

References

Online catalogue record

MPM Library Catalogue

Digital reproduction

Anet Digital Platform MPM

Other online data sources

NaSo (manuscripts)
Jonas (manuscripts)
BNM-I (manuscripts)
Medium

Bibliography

Dubois, Anne, ‘Nouvelles données sur la bibliotheque de Philippe de Hornes, seigneur de Gaesbeek (1488)’, Scriptorium, 73 (2019), 312–30 (p. 313, 315, 319-320, 323-324; provenance) http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/277783

Binding

UNIT ID

mmfc-11703

Leaf count

401 fol.

Book block

UNIT ID

mmfc-11704

Integrity

Complete

Language

Middle French (main)

Notes

Measurements
388 x 274-295 mm

Origin

Date
15th century

Support

Material

Parchment

Page dimensions

h: 388 mm x w: 295 mm

Decoration

Type

heraldry, floral border, inhabited border, drolleries, border (four-margins), ornamental initials, champ initials, rubrics red, illuminated, border decoration, rubrics, miniatures

Technique

Gilding

Description

one half-page miniature depicting the duke of Burgundy and his army during a chevauchee entering a fortified town.

1. Jean Froissart, Chroniques, Books I (end) and II (B version)

UNIT ID

mmfc-54909

Title

Jean Froissart, Chroniques, Books I (end) and II (B version)

Chroniques

Contributors

Jean Froissart (author)

Language

Middle French (main)
Manuscript description
  1. Binding
    1. Book block
      1. 1. Jean Froissart, Chroniques, Books I (end) and II (B version)