Harvard University, MS Richardson 31

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10755

Shelfmark:

MS Richardson 31

Title:

Le décameron

Author:

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375

Giovanni Boccaccio WIKIDATA

Artist:

Bedford Master, active 1415-1430

Bedford Master WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1460

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

fre

French WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 262 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 36 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Chevalier, Etienne, -1474

Étienne Chevalier WIKIDATA

Clermont-Tonnerre, Charles-Henri, comte de, -1640

Charles-Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre WIKIDATA

Loménie de Brienne, Etienne Charles de, 1727-1794

Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne WIKIDATA

Johnes, Thomas, 1748-1816

Thomas Johnes WIKIDATA

Paris de Meyzieu, Jean Baptiste, -1778

Jean-Baptiste Pâris de Meyzieu WIKIDATA

Newcastle, Henry Pelham Archibald Douglas Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of, 1864-1928

Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle WIKIDATA

Couvent des Minimes (Clermont-Tonnerre, France)

Note:

Written in bâtarde script in 2 columns; 11 miniatures with foliate borders (with patron's device of the knotted double 'e'), numerous decorated initials, and headings in red.
Written and illuminated in France (Paris?) for Etienne Chevalier, treasurer of France under Charles VII and Louis XI.
Illumination attributed to a follower of the Bedford Master.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Bound in 16th-cent.(?) green velvet with brass corner-pieces.
In a tray case, 39 cm.
Bequest of William K. Richardson, 1951.
Made for Etienne Chevalier; belonged to Charles-Henri, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre; bequeathed to the Minimes of Tonnerre in 1640; ceded to Cardinal Loménie de Brienne in 1788; Jean Baptiste Paris de Meyzieu (Bibliotheca Parisina); his sale (Paris, 28 Mar. 1791, lot 414); bought by Thomas Johnes of Hafod; Dukes of Newcastle; Clumber Park sale (London, Sotheby's, 6 Dec. 1937, III, lot 934...

Keyword:

illuminations (paintings)

rules (layout features)

Manuscripts, Medieval

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098882640203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:5141187

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/ids:422051180

Holding Institution:

Harvard University