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Description: Giovanni Boccaccio and Florentines who have fled from the plague Contents: Giovanni Boccaccio, Le Decameron. Translated from the Italian by Laurent de Premierfait Place of origin, date: Bruges, Master of 1482 and follower (illuminators); c. 1485 Material: Vellum, ff. 440, 457x334 (289x202) mm, 37 lines, littera hybrida, Binding: 18th-century brown leather; gilt; with coat of arms of Stadholder William V Decoration: 7 two-column miniatures (220/205x220/200 mm) with decorated initials; penwork initials with pen-flourishes (only ff. 2r-16v) Provenance: Philip of Cleves (d. 1528; signature); purchased in 1531 from his estate by Henri III, Count of Nassau (d. 1538); by descent to the Princes of Orange-Nassau, the later Stadholders, at the Hague; carried off in 1795 to Paris by the French and restituted to theKoninklijke Bibliotheek in 1816 Annotation: Opening leaf, probably containing miniature, missing before fol. 2 (= first leaf, numbered ii), opening leaves containing miniatures missing before ff. 218 (Fifth day), 314 (Eighth day), 391 (Tenth day)
Title: Giovanni Boccaccio and Florentines who have fled from the plague
Credit: Giovanni Boccaccio, Le Decameron. Translated from the Italian by Laurent de Premierfait
Author: Master of 1482 and follower (illuminators)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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