Johannes Januensis, Catholicon

AuthorJohannes Januensis

Shelfmark The Hague, Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, 10 A 13

Origin & date France; c. 1380

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 415, 420x280 (300x190) mm, 2 columns, 68 lines, littera textualis. Latin. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, blind and gilt

Illumination

1 column miniature (84x87 mm); decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 1r, 7v, 18v, 41r, 57r, etc.), penwork initials with pen-flourishes (ff. 2r, 2v, 3v, 4r, 6r, etc.)

Provenance

Presented in 1414 by Johannes Chomery and Matheus Savary to the Premonstratensians at Cuissy near Laon. C.R. Jardel, canon at Soissons (16th century). Purchased in 1829 at a sale at Tilliard Frères, Paris (Apr. 22) by W.H.J. van Westreenen

Bibliography

Byvanck 1931, p. 51. - Stegmüller 1940-1961, nos. 4220 a.f. - Vermeeren & Dekker 1960, no. 127. - Boeren 1979, pp. 16-17. - The Hague 1979, no. 19, fig. on p. 53

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; MMWMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, MMW, 10 A 13
Title (Dutch)	Johannes Januensis, Catholicon
Title (index form)	Catholicon
Translator (Dutch)	Johannes Januensis, Catholicon
Origin & date (Dutch)	Parijs, Meester van de Jean de Mandeville van Charles V (Parijs, BNF, n.a.fr. 4515) (verluchter); c. 1370-1380
Language of origin code	fr
Origin (Dutch)	0 Frankrijk
Place of origin	France
Date of origin	1380 (c.)
Physical description (Dutch)	Perkament, ff. 415, 420x280 (300x190) mm, 2 kolommen, 68 regels, littera textualis. Latijn. Band: 18de eeuws bruin leer, blindstempeling en goudstempeling
Decoration (Dutch)	1 kolomminiatuur (84x87 mm); gedecoreerde initialen met randversiering (ff. 1r, 7v, 18v, 41r, 57r, etc.), penwerk initialen met penwerk-versiering (ff. 2r, 2v, 3v, 4r, 6r, etc.)
Related names (Dutch)	Aangeboden in 1414 door Johannes Chomery en Matheus Savary aan de Premonstratensers te Cuissy bij Laon. C.R. Jardel, kanunnik te Soissons (16de eeuw). Verworven in 1829 op een veiling bij Tilliard Frères, Parijs (22 april) door W.H.J. van Westreenen
Related names/collections	Johannes Chomery; Matheus Savary; Cuissy near Laon, Premonstratensians; Jardel, C.R.; Tilliard Frères, Paris (auct., 1829)
Cataloguer's note	11-nov-1991. ask feb. 97
Language	Latin
Language (Dutch)	Latijn
Geographic code	01 FR

1 illumination catalogued

f. 1rminiature

Dominican monk and students

1380 (c.)

11P315(DOMINICANS)11P31521 11P371 31A2352 31A25552(+932)49LL72

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	8141
Sequence (global)	2049
Shelfmark	The Hague, MMW, 10 A 13
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, MMW, 10 A 13
Type	manuscript illumination
Caption (Dutch)	Dominicaanse monnik en studenten
Type (Dutch)	min.
Cataloguer's note	GD
Scene order key	1r
Language of origin code	0 France
Origin (Dutch)	0 Frankrijk