Christine de Pisan, Le livre des trois vertus

AuthorChristine de Pisan

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 131 C 26

Origin & date Northern France; c. 1425-1450

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 43, 354x270 (285x220) mm, 2 columns, 46 lines, littera cursiva. French. Binding: 19th-century brown leather, gilt and blind, made by Thouvenin

Illumination

4 column miniatures (115/66x104/92 mm) with decorated initials and border decoration (ff. 1r, 1v, 22v, 32v); penwork initials with pen-flourishes throughout

Provenance

Purchased in 1900 from antiquarian bookseller J. Tregaskis, London

Bibliography

Brussels 1967 - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 51

Note

The wrong attribution of Schaeffer 1937 to the Dutch Master of Gijsbrecht of Brederode has given rise to much confusion.

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 C 26
Title (index form)	Le livre des trois vertus
Language of origin code	fr
Place of origin	Northern France
Date of origin	1425-1450
BR	Thouvenin
Related names/collections	Tregaskis, J., London (antiq.)
Cataloguer's note	jl. 99. ask 6-2000 Band van Thouvenin?
Language	French
Language (Dutch)	Frans
Classification code	01 E
Geographic code	01 FR 01 01

4 illuminations catalogued

f. 1rcolumn miniature

Reason, Righteousness and Sincerity in the City of Women

Part I, Chapter 1

1425-1450

25I12 25N(WOMEN)52B51 57A612 59C21

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5558
Sequence (global)	2215
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 C 26
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 C 26
Image size (mm)	115x104
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	1r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 131c26_001r.jpg

f. 1vcolumn miniature

Reason, Righteousness and Sincerity

Part I, Chapter 2

1425-1450

52B5 57A612 59C21

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5559
Sequence (global)	2216
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 C 26
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 C 26
Image size (mm)	66x103
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	1v
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 131c26_001v.jpg

f. 22vcolumn miniature

Reason, Righteousness and Sincerity teaching some women

Part II, Chapter 1

1425-1450

31A72 49B(+2)52B51 57A612 59C21

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5560
Sequence (global)	2217
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 C 26
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 C 26
Image size (mm)	95x91
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	22v
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 131c26_022v.jpg

f. 32vcolumn miniature

Reason, Righteousness and Sincerity teaching some women

Part III, Chapter 1

1425-1450

31A72 49B(+2)52B51 57A612 59C21

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5561
Sequence (global)	2218
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 C 26
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 C 26
Image size (mm)	88x93
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	32v
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 131c26_032v.jpg