Thomas de Aquino, Le livre de l'information des princes

AuthorThomas de Aquino

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 76 E 20

Origin & date Paris; 1453

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 182, 339x219 (219x154) mm, 2 columns, 31 lines, littera . French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, gilt, with coat of arms of Stadtholder William V

Illumination

2 miniatures (...x... mm); 3 miniatures ( x mm); decorated initials with border decoration

Provenance

Made in 1453 for Giovanni Arnolphini, Florentine merchant at Paris. Philip of Cleves (d. 1528); purchased in 1531 from his estate by Henry III of Nassau; by inheritance to the Princes of Orange-Nassau, the later Stadtholders; taken in 1795 to Paris by the French occupying forces and restituted to the KB in 1816

Bibliography

Libri Theol. 1922, no. 445. - Byvanck 1924, no. 20, pl. XXII-XXIII. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 75. - Renting, Renting & Korteweg 1993

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 20
Title (index form)	Le livre de l'information des princes
Language of origin code	fr
Place of origin	Paris
Date of origin	1453
Related names/collections	Stadtholders, Coll.; Giovanni Arnolphini; Henri III, Count of Nassau; Orange-Nassau, Coll.; Philip of Cleves
Cataloguer's note	ask
Language	French
Language (Dutch)	Frans
Classification code	01 D
Geographic code	01 FR 02 IL PA

5 illuminations catalogued

f. 1rminiature

St. Thomas Aquinas' 'Information des Princes' presented to a knight of the Golden Fleece

1453

33A4 44B114(DUKE)44B121 44B1522 46A1241(GOLDEN FLEECE)1 48A12(+0)49L72 61B2(ADOLPHE DE CLEVES [of Burgundy)21 61B2(ARNULPHI, Jean)21 61B2(GOLEIN, Jean)3 83(THOMAS AQUINAS, Information des Princes)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1934
Sequence (global)	2813
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 20
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 20
Image size (mm)	143x148
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	1r
Language of origin code	0 France

f. 6rminiature

A lecturer reading from St. Thomas Aquinas' Information des Princes to an emperor, a king, a chancellor and three noblemen

Book 1: Chapter 1

1453

11H(THOMAS AQUINAS)33A34 44B10 44B112 44B113 44B114 44B211 49LL72 52B5(+6)83(THOMAS AQUINAS, Information des Princes)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1935
Sequence (global)	2814
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 20
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 20
Image size (mm)	140x147
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	6r
Language of origin code	0 France

f. 71rminiature

King, queen, chancellor and three princes

Book 2: Chapter 1

1453

11H(THOMAS AQUINAS)44B10 44B113 44B1511 44B1512 44B61 52B5(+6)83(THOMAS AQUINAS, Information des Princes)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1936
Sequence (global)	2815
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 20
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 20
Image size (mm)	104x67
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	71r
Language of origin code	0 France

f. 134rminiature

A pope, a king, a nun and two noblemen

Book 3: Chapter 1

1453

11H(THOMAS AQUINAS)11P3111 11P31522 44B10 44B113 44B61 52B5(+6)83(THOMAS AQUINAS, Information des Princes)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1937
Sequence (global)	2816
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 20
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 20
Image size (mm)	102x68
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	134r
Language of origin code	0 France

f. 158rminiature

King with sword and a pair of scales (Justice), chancellor and noblemen

Book 4: Chapter 1

1453

11H(THOMAS AQUINAS)44B10 44B113 44B1522 44B50 45C13(SWORD)46B3311 52B5(+6)59C2(+6)83(THOMAS AQUINAS, Information des Princes)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1938
Sequence (global)	2817
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 E 20
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 E 20
Image size (mm)	116x67
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	158r
Language of origin code	0 France