Christine de Pisan, Le livre de la mutacion de fortune

AuthorChristine de Pisan

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 78 D 42

Origin & date Paris, Master of the Epître d'Othéa (illuminator); 1404

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 171, 335x267 (210x170) mm, 2 columns, 35-40 lines, littera cursiva. French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather with coat of arms of Stadtholder William V

Illumination

6 miniatures (...x... mm); decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 13r, )

Provenance

Presented in 1404 by the author to Jean, Duke of Berry. Acquired by the Counts of Nassau Engelbert II or Henri III; by inheritance to the Princes of Orange, the later Stadtholders; acquired in 1816 as part of the Stadtholders' collection

Bibliography

The Hague 1980, no. 31, fig. (with bibliography). - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 48

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 D 42
Title (index form)	Le livre de la mutacion de fortune
Language of origin code	fr
Place of origin	Paris
Date of origin	1404
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Epître d'Othéa
Related names/collections	Stadtholders, Coll.
Cataloguer's note	ask 18-7-99
Language	French
Language (Dutch)	Frans
Classification code	01 E
Geographic code	01 FR 02 IL PA

6 illuminations catalogued

f. 1rcolumn miniature

Christine de Pisan writing

1404

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4365
Sequence (global)	2187
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 78 D 42
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 D 42
Image size (mm)	105x80
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	1r
Language of origin code	0 France
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Epître d'Othéa

f. 13rcolumn miniature

Wealth before Fortune's castle; Eur (Happiness) welcomes newcomers

1404

33A3 41A12 54F12 55B1(+11)56B2(+11)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4366
Sequence (global)	2188
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 78 D 42
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 D 42
Image size (mm)	110x100
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	13r
Language of origin code	0 France
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Epître d'Othéa

f. 16vcolumn miniature

Fortune and her brothers Eur (Happiness) and Meseur (Misfortune)

1404

54F12(+11)56B2(+12)56BB2(+12)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4367
Sequence (global)	2189
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 78 D 42
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 D 42
Image size (mm)	115x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	16v
Language of origin code	0 France
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Epître d'Othéa

f. 34vcolumn miniature

The Pope and the Antipope in Fortune's castle

1404

11P3111 11PP3111 41A12 54F12

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4368
Sequence (global)	2190
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 78 D 42
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 D 42
Image size (mm)	115x85
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	34v
Language of origin code	0 France
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Epître d'Othéa

f. 54vcolumn miniature

Paintings in the Hall of Fortune: Liberal Arts and a siege

1404

41A21 45K21 48C5142 49C1 54F12

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4369
Sequence (global)	2191
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 78 D 42
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 D 42
Image size (mm)	115x80
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	54v
Language of origin code	0 France
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Epître d'Othéa

f. 70rcolumn miniature

A siege (Babylon and the army of Ninus?)

1404

45K21

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4370
Sequence (global)	2192
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 78 D 42
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 D 42
Image size (mm)	120x85
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	70r
Language of origin code	0 France
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Epître d'Othéa