Vegetius, L'Art de chevallerie. Frontinus, Stratagèmes

AuthorVegetius

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 73 J 22

Origin & date Southern Netherlands; c. 1310-1330. Added section: Southern Netherlands, Follower of Jean Hennecart (illuminator); 1450-1475

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 134 (90+44), 203x183 (140x100) mm, 2 columns, 24 lines, I: littera textualis, II: littera cursiva (lettre bourguignonne). French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather

Illumination

1 historiated initial (48x47 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 1r, 18v); penwork initials with pen-flourishes throughout

Provenance

Hanry Heure, La Boissiere (17th cent.). J.F. Schouster (his sale in 1801 at J. Thierry & C. Mensing, The Hague, cat. 9 nov. p. 21 no. 111). Acquired in 1809 as part of the collection of J. Visser (no. 109)

Bibliography

The Hague 1980, no. 48, fig. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 359

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 73 J 22
Title (index form)	L'Art de chevallerie; Frontinus, Stratagèmes
Language of origin code	sn
Place of origin	Southern Netherlands
Date of origin	1310-1330; 1450-1475
Illuminator / Master	Jean Hennecart, follower
Related names/collections	Visser, J. Coll.; Heure, H.; Schouster, J.F.; Thierry, J. & C. Mensing, The Hague (auct. 1801)
Cataloguer's note	ask 5-99
Language	French
Language (Dutch)	Frans
Geographic code	03 SN

2 illuminations catalogued

f. 1rminiature

Jean de Meung translates 'Epitoma rei militaris' of Vegetius to count Jean d'Eu

L'art de Chevallerie

1300-1325

44B114(COUNT)46A53 49LL72 49N1 49N21 61B2(EU, Jean d')21 61B2(MEUNG, Jean de)21 83(VEGETIUS, Epitoma Rei Militaris)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	673
Sequence (global)	6658
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 73 J 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 73 J 22
Image size (mm)	48x47
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	1r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 73J22_001R_MIN.JPG

f. 93rminiature (grisaille)

Frontinus teaching officers

Frontinus 'Stratagemes': Chapter 1

1300-1325

31A2524 33A34 45B22 45D312 49L72 49LL72 49N21 98B(S.I. FRONTINUS)5

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	674
Sequence (global)	6659
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 73 J 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 73 J 22
Image size (mm)	100x96
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	93r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 73J22_093R_MIN.JPG