Giovanni Boccaccio, Le Decameron

AuthorGiovanni Boccaccio

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 133 A 5

Origin & date Bruges, Master of 1482 and Follower (illuminators); c. 1485

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 440, 457x334 (289x202) mm, 2 columns, 37 lines, littera hybrida. French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, gilt, with coat of arms of Stadtholder William V

Illumination

7 two-column miniatures (220/205x220/200 mm) with decorated initials; penwork initials with pen-flourishes (only ff. 2r-16v)

Provenance

Philip of Cleves (d. 1528); acquired in 1531 from his estate by Henri III, Count of Nassau (d. 1538); by inheritance to the Princes of Orange-Nassau, the later Stadtholders, at the Hague; taken to Paris in 1795 by the French occupying forces and restituted in 1816 to the KB

Bibliography

Byvanck 1924, no. 25, pl. XXXIII. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 423. - Renting & Korteweg 1993 - The Hague 1998

Note

Opening leaf, probably containing miniature, missing before fol. 2 (= first leaf, numbered ii), opening leaves containing miniatures missing before ff. 218 (Fifth day), 314 (Eighth day), 391 (Tenth day)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 A 5
Title (index form)	Le Decameron
Language of origin code	sn
Place of origin	Bruges
Date of origin	1485 (c.)
Illuminator / Master	Master of 1482; Master of 1482, follower
Related names/collections	Stadtholders, Coll.; Philip of Cleves; Henri III of Nassau; Orange-Nassau, princes of; Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
Cataloguer's note	ask 99
Language	French
Language (Dutch)	Frans
Classification code	01 E
Geographic code	01 BE 02 FL WV BR

7 illuminations catalogued

f. 3vtwo-column miniature

Giovanni Boccaccio and Florentines who have fled from the plague

First day

1485 (c.)

31AA4621 32B2(FLORENTINES)48C5142 48C92 61B2(BOCCACIO, Giovanni)21

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5956
Sequence (global)	8877
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 A 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 A 5
Image size (mm)	215x200
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	3v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of 1482
Note	Not available = 133a5_003v.jpg

f. 47vtwo-column miniature

Filomena, queen of the second day, and Florentines listen to Neifile's tale

Second day

1485 (c.)

32B311(FLORENTINES)33A34 44BB127 81DD(FILOMENA)81DD(NEIFILE)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5957
Sequence (global)	8878
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 A 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 A 5
Image size (mm)	215x205
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	47v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of 1482 (follower)
Note	Not available = 133a5_047v.jpg

f. 121rtwo-column miniature

Neifile, queen of the third day, and Florentines listen to Filostrato's tale

Third day

1485 (c.)

32B311(FLORENTINES)33A34 44BB127 81D(FILOSTRATO)81DD(NEIFILE)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5958
Sequence (global)	8879
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 A 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 A 5
Image size (mm)	205x205
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	121r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of 1482 (follower)
Note	Not available = 133a5_121r.jpg

f. 172vtwo-column miniature

Filostrato, king of the fourth day, and Florentines listen to Fiametta's tale

Fourth day

1485 (c.)

32B311(FLORENTINES)33A34 44B127 81D(FILOSTRATO)81DD(FIAMETTA)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5959
Sequence (global)	8880
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 A 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 A 5
Image size (mm)	205x205
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	172v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of 1482 (follower)
Note	Not available = 133a5_172v.jpg

f. 256rtwo-column miniature

Elisa, queen of the sixth day, and Florentines listen to Filomena's tale

Sixth day

1485 (c.)

32B311(FLORENTINES)33A34 44BB127 81DD(ELISA)81DD(FILOMENA)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5960
Sequence (global)	8881
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 A 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 A 5
Image size (mm)	205x210
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	256r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of 1482 (follower)
Note	Not available = 133a5_256r.jpg

f. 278vtwo-column miniature

Dioneo, king of the seventh day, and Florentines listen to Emilia's tale

Seventh day

1485 (c.)

32B311(FLORENTINES)33A34 44B127 81D(DIONEO)81DD(EMILIA)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5961
Sequence (global)	8882
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 A 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 A 5
Image size (mm)	220x210
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	278v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of 1482 (follower)
Note	Not available = 133a5_278v.jpg

f. 360rtwo-column miniature

Emilia, queen of the ninth day, and Florentines listen to Filomena's tale

Ninth day

1485 (c.)

32B311(FLORENTINES)33A34 44BB127 81DD(EMILIA)81DD(FILOMENA)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5962
Sequence (global)	8883
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 A 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 A 5
Image size (mm)	205x220
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	360r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of 1482 (follower)
Note	Not available = 133a5_360r.jpg