Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, 1978-12-05
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and a copy entirely in the French language; two fourteenth century medical manuscripts; the only known manuscript of an unpublished fourteenth century French Encyclopaedia; Marsilius of Padua, Defensor Pacis, c.1460, in a contemporary stamped binding; fine single miniatures including two of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
- From the Collection: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby's (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
Extent
From the Collection: 621 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
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