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Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, 1978-12-05

 Item — Box: Sotheby's, Folder: 278
Identifier: Item 1

Scope and Contents

(A Book of Hours illuminated in the workshop of Jean Colombe with 10 large and 43 small miniatures, c. 1480; unusual Books of Hours including a thirteenth century copy, a German copy, and a copy entirely in the French language; two fourteenth century medical manuscripts; the only known manuscript of an unpublished fourteenth century French Encyclopaedia; Marsilius of Padua, Defensor Pacis, c.1460, in a contemporary stamped binding; fine single miniatures including two of the twelfth century and the title-leaf of the celebrated Belluno Gradual, signed by Ludovico de Gacis, 1489.)

Dates

  • created: 1978-12-05

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 621 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
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Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
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