Augustine, La Cité de Dieu (Book 1-10)

AuthorAugustine

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 72 A 22

Origin & date Paris, Orosius Master a.o. (illuminator); c. 1400-1410

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 339, 423x330 (259x179) mm, 2 columns, 48 lines, littera textualis. French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, gilt, with coat of arms of Stadtholder William V

Illumination

1 two-column miniature (180x180 mm) with border decoration; 10 column miniatures ( mm) with border decoration; 4 illustration in the margin (coat of arms, emblems and devise); decorated initials with border decoration 1r, 6r, 33v, 76v, 141r, etc.)

Provenance

Acquired by Philip of Cleves (d. 1528) before 1492 (coat of arms with label); purchased in 1531 from his estate by Henri III, Count of Nassau (d. 1538); by inheritance to the Princes of Orange-Nassau, the later Stadtholders; taken in 1795 to Paris by the French occupying forces and restituted in 1816 to the KB

Bibliography

Oranje-Nassau Boekerij 1898, no. 19. - Laborde 1909, passim. - Byvanck 1924, pp. 30-31, pl. XIII-XIV. - Meiss 1967, p. 357. - Bossuat 1974, p. 171. - Meiss 1970, p. 400. - The Hague 1980, no. 33, fig. and colourpl. on p. XIX. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 43. - Utrecht 1988, no. 23, fig., pl. VII. - Inventaris 2 1993, p. 94. - Renting, Renting & Korteweg 1993 - The Hague 1998, no. 37

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 72 A 22
Title (index form)	La Cité de Dieu (Book 1-10)
Language of origin code	fr
Place of origin	Paris
Date of origin	1400-1410
Illuminator / Master	Orosius Master
Related names/collections	Stadtholders, Coll.; Orange-Nassau, Coll.; Philip of Cleves; Henry III, Count of Nassau
Cataloguer's note	ask 9-6-99, 5-00
Language	French
Language (Dutch)	Frans
Classification code	01 A 21
Geographic code	01 FR 02 IL PA

11 illuminations catalogued

f. 1rcolumn miniature

Raoul de Presles presents his translation to Charles V of France

Volume 1

1400-1410

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	481
Sequence (global)	2063
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 72 A 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 72 A 22
Image size (mm)	75x80
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	1r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 72a22_001r.jpg

f. 6rminiature

God with St. Augustine, St. Gregory the Great, St. Ambrose and St. Jerome

Volume 1

1400-1410

11C231 11I51

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	482
Sequence (global)	2064
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 72 A 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 72 A 22
Image size (mm)	180x180
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	6r
Language of origin code	0 France

f. 33vcolumn miniature

Rape of the Sabine women

Volume 1

1400-1410

96D(SABINE WOMEN)61

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	483
Sequence (global)	2065
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 72 A 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 72 A 22
Image size (mm)	80x80
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	33v
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 72a22_033v.jpg

f. 76vcolumn miniature

Mithridates VI, king of Pontus, has Romans beheaded

Volume 1

1400-1410

31E23621 32B311(ROMANS)98B(MITHRIDATES VI)4

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	484
Sequence (global)	2066
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 72 A 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 72 A 22
Image size (mm)	80x80
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	76v
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 72a22_076v.jpg

f. 142rcolumn miniature

St. Augustine discussing the nature of the gods with Varro and Apuleius

Volume 1

1400-1410

11H(AUGUSTINE)4 11L532 11P31131 49LL72 98B(APULEIUS)5 98B(VARRO, M.T.)5

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	485
Sequence (global)	2067
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 72 A 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 72 A 22
Image size (mm)	85x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	142r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 72a22_142r.jpg

f. 176rcolumn miniature

Fortune turning her wheel

Volume 1

1400-1410

54F12(+11)54F121

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	486
Sequence (global)	2068
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 72 A 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 72 A 22
Image size (mm)	75x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	176r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 72a22_176r.jpg

f. 214rcolumn miniature

Two philosophers discussing idols

Volume 1

1400-1410

11N41(+0)49C4

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	487
Sequence (global)	2069
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 72 A 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 72 A 22
Image size (mm)	85x80
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	214r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 72a22_214r.jpg

f. 234rcolumn miniature

The worship of Janus

Volume 1

1400-1410

96A1279 96A128(JANUS' HEAD)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	488
Sequence (global)	2070
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 72 A 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 72 A 22
Image size (mm)	80x80
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	234r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 72a22_234r.jpg

f. 264rcolumn miniature

Philosophy in discussion with a philosopher

Volume 1

1400-1410

11K2 49C20 49C3 49C4

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	489
Sequence (global)	2071
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 72 A 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 72 A 22
Image size (mm)	80x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	264r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 72a22_264r.jpg

f. 294vcolumn miniature

Veneration of Theology

Volume 1

1400-1410

11L54 11P3112 11Q64(+0)44B1 46A12 46A13 46C131

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	490
Sequence (global)	2072
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 72 A 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 72 A 22
Image size (mm)	80x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	294v
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 72a22_294v.jpg

f. 312rcolumn miniature

The Neo-Platonist philosopher Porphyrius vacillating between good (angels) and evil (devils)

Volume 1

1400-1410

11D3222 11G 11K2 11Q111 49C3 98B(PORPHYRIUS)5

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	491
Sequence (global)	2073
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 72 A 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 72 A 22
Image size (mm)	80x80
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	312r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 72a22_312r.jpg