Statuts et armorial de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or (Statutes and armorial of the Order of the Golden Fleece)

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 76 F 4

Origin & date Southern Netherlands; 1561. Added section (ff. ) and miniatures: Southern Netherlands; 1601

Physical description

Paper (and vellum), ff. 88, 283x189 (245x155; after f. 67: 245x145/150) mm, several calligraphic scripts. French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, gilt, with coat of arms of Stadtholder William V

Illumination

93 paper pages with coats of arms painted over woodcut mallen

Provenance

Acquired c. 1601 by Philip William (1554-1618), the oldest son of Prince William of Orange, who was opgenomen in the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1598; by inheritance to the Princes of Orange-Nassau, the later Stadtholders, at The Hague; transfered in 1798

Bibliography

Byvanck 1898, no. 52, fig. - Byvanck 1931, p. 50. - The Hague 1980, no. 90, fig. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 458

Note

3 leaves with miniatures lost before f. (Charles the Bold), f. (Maximilian of Austria), f. (Philip the Fair)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 F 4
Title (index form)	Statuts et armorial de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or; Statutes and armorial of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Language of origin code	sn
Place of origin	Southern Netherlands
Date of origin	1601
Related names/collections	Stadtholders, Coll.; Philip William of Orange-Nassau; Orange-Nassau, Coll.
Cataloguer's note	ask 9-1999
Language	French
Language (Dutch)	Frans
Classification code	01 F
Geographic code	03 SN

3 illuminations catalogued

f. 2vfull-page miniature

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy

1601

44B114(DUKE)45C13(SWORD)46A1241(GOLDEN FLEECE)1 61B2(PHILIP THE GOOD)11(+51)61D(BURGUNDY)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	2249
Sequence (global)	9771
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 F 4
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 F 4
Image size (mm)	245x155
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	2v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 76F4_002V_MIN.JPG

f. 56vfull-page miniature

Philip II, king of Spain

1601

44B113 46A122(PHILIP II)1 46A1241(GOLDEN FLEECE)1 61B2(PHILIP II)11(+55)61D(SPAIN)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	2250
Sequence (global)	9772
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 F 4
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 F 4
Image size (mm)	240x155
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	56v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 76F4_056V_MIN.JPG

f. 76vfull-page miniature

Philip III, king of Spain

1601

44B113 46A122(PHILIP III)1 46A1241(GOLDEN FLEECE)1 61B2(PHILIP III)11(+55)61D(SPAIN)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	2251
Sequence (global)	9773
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 F 4
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 F 4
Image size (mm)	250x155
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	76v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 76F4_076V_MIN.JPG