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Detailed record for Egerton 1065
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| Author |
Jean Duchesne (translator) |
| Title |
Les commentaires de César |
| Origin |
Netherlands, S. (Bruges) |
| Date |
c. 1480 |
| Language |
French |
| Script |
Gothic cursive |
| Artists |
Partly by the Bruges Master of 1482 |
| Decoration |
10 large miniatures, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the books (ff. 1, 9, 74, 100v, 116v, 130, 146, 172v, 192, 254v). Large and small initials in gold on red and blue grounds. |
| Dimensions in mm |
365 x 250 (240 x 170) in two columns |
| Official foliation |
ff. 311 (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 2 at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Bought by the British Museum from Payne and Foss, 14th May 1844 (note on 2nd flyleaf), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1841-1845 (London: British Museum, 1850), no. Eg. 1065.
H. P. Cholmeley, John of Gaddesden and the Rosa Medicinae (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1912), p. 125.
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1929), no. 142.
Flemish Art 1300-1700, Winter Exhibition 1953-4 (London: Royal Academy of Arts ,1953-1954), no. 581.
Loren MacKinney, Medical Illustrations in Medieval Manuscripts, Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 5, 2 parts bound together (London: Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1965), with Thomas Herndon, Part II: Medical Miniatures in Extant Manuscripts: A Checklist, no. 33.
Robert Lucas, 'Medieval French Translations of the Latin Classics to 1500', Speculum, 45 (1970) , 225-53 (p. 234).
Patricia Basing, Trades and Crafts in Medieval Manuscripts (London: British Library, 1990), fig. 27.
Scot McKendrick, Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts 1400-1550 (London: British Library, 2003), pl. 57.
Joe Flatman, Ships and Shipping in Medieval Manuscripts (London: British Library, 2009), pls 108, 154. |
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f. 1
Interior scene |
f. 74
Men on horseback |
f. 100v
Encampment |
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f. 116v
Gauls |
f. 130
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f. 146
Caesar |
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f. 172v
Julius Caesar |
f. 192
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f. 254v
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