Image: Jean Molinet presents his book to Philip of Cleves
Description: Jean Molinet, Le roman de la rose moralisé et translaté de rime en prose Place of origin, date: Valenciennes, Augustin Molinet (?scribe), Master of Antoine Rolin (illuminator); 1500 Material: Vellum, ff. 240, 365x270 (240x192) mm, 2 columns, 34-45 lines, littera cursiva. French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather with coat of arms of Stadtholder William V Decoration: 1 miniature (175x190 mm); 1 decorated initial (f. 1r) Provenance: Made for Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein (d. 1528); purchased in 1531 from his estate by Henri III, Count of Nassau; by inheritance to the Princes of Orange-Nassau, the later Stadtholders, at The Hague; taken to Paris in 1795 by the French occupying forces and restituted in 1816 to the KB
Title: Jean Molinet presents his book to Philip of Cleves
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