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Western Manuscripts and Minatures, 1984-07-03

 Item — Box: Sotheby's, Folder: 343
Identifier: Item 1

Scope and Contents

(The Grand Chroniques de France, with 22 miniatures, Paris, c.1330; Italian Humanistic manuscripts including a treatise on marriage illuminated for Tommaso Tebaldi, Milan, c.1440, and the Rule of St. Benedict, Florence, 1502, both in contemporary binding; A missal form St. Bavo's Abbey in Ghent, and manuscripts of Cistercian, Franciscan, and Dominican use, and of the use of Uzes, Sarum, and St-Amand in Rouen; documents, including a diploma of Otto III, 1001, and one signed by the Queen of Portugal, a military treatise presented to Louis XIV; single leaves and miniatures, including a Wycliffite leaf and two fine miniatures by Simon Bening, Bruges, c.1530.)

Dates

  • created: 1984-07-03

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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