Livy, Histoire Romaine (4th Decade)

AuthorLivy

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 71 A 19

Origin & date France; c. 1425-1450

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 222, 416x300 (265x170) mm, 2 columns, 46 lines, littera cursiva. French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, gilt, with coat of arms of Stadtholder William V

Illumination

8 column miniatures (80/85x75 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 26v, 46r, 73r, 96v, 116r, etc.)

Provenance

Acquired by the Counts of Nassau Engelbert II (d. 1504) or Henry III (d. 1538); by legacy to the Princes of Orange-Nassau, the later Stadtholders at The Hague; taken in 1795 to Paris by the French occupying forces and restituted in 1816 to the KB

Bibliography

Oranje-Nassau Boekerij 1898 - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 50. - Inventaris 2 1993, p. 15. - Renting & Korteweg 1993 - Korteweg 1998

Note

Opening leaf, probably with two-column miniature, missing before f. 2

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 A 19
Title (index form)	Histoire Romaine (4th Decade)
Language of origin code	fr
Place of origin	France
Date of origin	1425-1450
Related names/collections	Stadtholders, Coll.; Orange-Nassau, Coll.; Engelbert II, Count of Nassau; Henry III, Count of Nassau; Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
Cataloguer's note	ask 5-99, 5-00, 12-00
Language	French
Language (Dutch)	Frans
Classification code	01 D 2
Geographic code	01 FR

8 illuminations catalogued

f. 26vcolumn miniature

Roman consuls receiving orders to combat Philip V of Macedonia

4th Decade: Book 2

1425-1450

31B6235 44B125 45F1 98(+9)98B(PHILIP V)3

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	185
Sequence (global)	2207
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 71 A 19
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 A 19
Image size (mm)	80x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	Niet in B&BK 1985
Scene order key	26v
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 71a19_026v.jpg

f. 46rcolumn miniature

Cato the Younger speaking for the maintenance of the Oppian Law

4th Decade: Book 3

1425-1450

31B6235 44B127 44B51 44C 61K(OPPIAN LAW)98(+9)98B(CATO THE YOUNGER)5 98B(BRUTUS, M.J.)5 98B(BRUTUS, P.J.)5

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	186
Sequence (global)	2208
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 71 A 19
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 A 19
Image size (mm)	85x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	46r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 71a19_046r.jpg

f. 73rcolumn miniature

Battle between the army of Scipio Nasica and the Lusitani

4th Decade: Book 4

1425-1450

32B2(LUSITANIANS)45H33(+22)98(+9)98B(SCIPIO NASICA, P.C.)4

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	187
Sequence (global)	2209
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 71 A 19
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 A 19
Image size (mm)	85x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	73r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 71a19_073r.jpg

f. 96vcolumn miniature

The Roman army

4th Decade: Book 5

1425-1450

32B2(ROMANS)45F5(+22)98(+9)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	188
Sequence (global)	2210
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 71 A 19
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 A 19
Image size (mm)	80x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	96v
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 71a19_096v.jpg

f. 116rcolumn miniature

The Aetolian ambassadors seek peace at Rome

4th Decade: Book 6

1425-1450

32B2(AETOLIANS)44B41 44B421 46C514 61E(ROME)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	189
Sequence (global)	2211
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 71 A 19
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 A 19
Image size (mm)	85x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	116r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 71a19_116r.jpg

f. 143vcolumn miniature

Amynander recaptures the kingdom of Athamania

4th Decade: Book 7

1425-1450

25I1461 32B2(ATHAMANIANS)45F5(+22)45L12(+0)61D(ATHAMANIA)98(+9)98B(AMYNANDER)98B(PHILIP V)3

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	190
Sequence (global)	2212
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 71 A 19
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 A 19
Image size (mm)	85x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	verbeterd ask weet niet of ICcode voor Athanasia goed is
Scene order key	143v
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 71a19_143v.jpg

f. 176rcolumn miniature

The Romans conquering Liguria

4th Decade: Book 8

1425-1450

32B2(LIGURIANS)32B2(ROMANS)45K26 45K31 61D(LIGURIA)98(+9)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	191
Sequence (global)	2213
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 71 A 19
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 A 19
Image size (mm)	85x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	176r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 71a19_176r.jpg

f. 203vcolumn miniature

Romans worshipping their gods

4th Decade: Book 9 and 10

1425-1450

12F211 12F24 12F63 32B2(ROMANS)98(+9)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	192
Sequence (global)	2214
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 71 A 19
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 A 19
Image size (mm)	85x75
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	203v
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 71a19_203v.jpg