Vincent of Beauvais, Le Miroir Historial (Vol. II, III, IV)

AuthorVincent of Beauvais

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 128 C 1

Origin & date Bruges, Master of Edward IV, Master of the Trivial Heads, a.o. (illuminators); c. 1475-1500

Physical description

Vellum, 3 vols., ff. 451+468+470, 428x357 (...x...) mm, 2 columns, lines, littera ... French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, gilt, with coat of arms of Stadtholder William V

Illumination

Vol. I: 6 column miniatures (132/113x95/88 mm) with border decoration; vol. II: 7 column miniatures (125/102x95/87 mm) with border decoration; vol. III: 6 column miniatures (128/118x99/89 mm) with border decoration

Provenance

Acquired before 1492 by Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein (d. 1528); purchased 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 in 1795 to Paris by the French occupying forces and restituted in 1816 to the KB

Bibliography

Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 419

Note

Opening-pages, probably containing large miniatures, missing in all three volumes (I: before f. ; II: before fol. ; III: before f. )

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1
Title (index form)	Le Miroir Historial (Vol. II, III, IV)
Language of origin code	sn
Place of origin	Bruges
Date of origin	1475-1500
Illuminator / Master	Master of Edward IV; Master of the Trivial Heads
Related names/collections	Stadtholders, Coll.; Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein; Henri III, Count of Nassau; Orange-Nassau, princes of; Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
Cataloguer's note	ask 6-2000
Language	French
Language (Dutch)	Frans
Classification code	01 D 2
Geographic code	01 BE 02 FL WV BR

19 illuminations catalogued

f. 55rminiature

The coronation of Emperor Vespasian(?)

Book 11: Chapter 1

1475-1500

98B(VESPASIAN)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4702
Sequence (global)	8840
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 I
Image size (mm)	130x88
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	55r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl1_055r.jpg

f. 114vminiature

The death of Philip of Alexandria(?)

Book 12: Chapter 1

1475-1500

98B(PHILIP OF ALEXANDRIA)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4703
Sequence (global)	8841
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 I
Image size (mm)	131x92
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	114v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl1_114v.jpg

f. 176rminiature

The massacre of St. Maurice of Agaunum and his companions of the Theban Legion

Book 13: Chapter 1

1475-1500

11H(MAURICE)61 11H(MAURICE)62 11H(MAURICE)63 31E23621 31E236219 98B(MAXIMIANUS, H.M.A.V.)4

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4704
Sequence (global)	8842
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 I
Image size (mm)	132x90
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	gcdrd
Scene order key	176r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl1_176r.jpg

f. 241vminiature

Beheading

Book 24: Chapter 1

1475-1500

31E23621

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4705
Sequence (global)	8843
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 I
Image size (mm)	113x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	241v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl1_241v.jpg

f. 346rminiature

Christians pursued by Anemur, king of Judah(?)

Book 16: Chapter 1

1475-1500

98B(ANEMUR)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4706
Sequence (global)	8844
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 I
Image size (mm)	130x94
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	346r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl1_346r.jpg

f. 403vminiature

Siege of a city

Book 17: Chapter 1

1475-1500

45K21

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4707
Sequence (global)	8845
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 I
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 I
Image size (mm)	130x92
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	403v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl1_403v.jpg

f. 58rminiature

Cruelties of Gildon, governor of Africa

Book 19: Chapter 1

1475-1500

98B(GILDON)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4708
Sequence (global)	8846
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 II
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 II
Image size (mm)	121x91
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	58r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl2_058r.jpg

f. 111vminiature

Emperor Theodosius I giving order to behead the Christians

Book 20: Chapter 1

1475-1500

31E236219 98B(THEODOSIUS I)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4709
Sequence (global)	8847
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 II
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 II
Image size (mm)	102x90
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	111v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl2_111v.jpg

f. 178vminiature

Siege of Constantinople

Book 21: Chapter 1

1475-1500

61E(CONSTANTINOPLE)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4710
Sequence (global)	8848
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 II
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 II
Image size (mm)	119x87
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	178v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl2_178v.jpg

f. 226rminiature

Emperor Anastasius I, pope Symachus and antipope Laurentius

Book 22: Chapter 1

1475-1500

11H(SYMACHUS)4 11P31111 11P41 34B11 44B121 61B2(ANASTASIUS I)21 61B2(LAURENTIUS)21 61D(BYZANTINE EMPIRE)61D(EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4711
Sequence (global)	8849
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 II
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 II
Image size (mm)	125x88
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	226r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl2_226r.jpg

f. 281rminiature

The coronation of Emperor Mauritius on the deathbed of Emperor Tiberius II

Book 23: Chapter 1

1475-1500

98B(MAURITIUS)98B(TIBERIUS II)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4712
Sequence (global)	8850
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 II
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 II
Image size (mm)	116x91
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	281r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl2_281r.jpg

f. 332rminiature

The adoration of the relics of St. John the Baptist

Book 24: Chapter 1

1475-1500

11Q714113 31A2246 48C5142 73C1353 73D641

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4713
Sequence (global)	8851
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 II
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 II
Image size (mm)	110x88
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	332r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl2_332r.jpg

f. 416rminiature

Charlemagne and his court, looking at a scene of two dogs facing each other over a bone

Book 25: Chapter 1

1475-1500

11H(CHARLEMAGNE)4 25FF332(+712)34B11(+944)44A1(+1)(HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE)44B112 44B121 44B191 44B192 44B1971 48A98331 49C4 61D(HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4714
Sequence (global)	8852
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 II
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 II
Image size (mm)	103x95
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	416r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl2_416r.jpg

f. 80vminiature

The coronation of Emperor Henry V

Book 27: Chapter 1

1475-1500

11P3111 11P3113 44B112 44B1212 44B162 44B192 44B193 61B2(HENRY V [of Holy Roman Empire])21 61B2(PASCHAL II)21 61D(HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4715
Sequence (global)	8853
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 III
Image size (mm)	119x99
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	80v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl3_080v.jpg

f. 138rminiature

Archbishop Frederick of Cologne presents Lotharius II the imperial crown

Book 28: Chapter 1

1475-1500

11P3113 11P31131 44B112 44B152 44B1613 44B191 61B2(FREDERICK [of Cologne])21 61B2(LOTHARIUS II [of Holy Roman Empire])21 61B2(LOTHARIUS III [of Holy Roman Empire])21

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4716
Sequence (global)	8854
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 III
Image size (mm)	118x93
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	138r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl3_138r.jpg

f. 203vminiature

The deathbed of St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Book 29: Chapter 1

1475-1500

11H(BERNARD)68 11P31131 11P31521(CISTERCIANS)41A761

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4717
Sequence (global)	8855
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 III
Image size (mm)	128x97
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	203v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl3_203v.jpg

f. 268rminiature

Battle between Henry II and Louis VII of France

Book 30: Chapter 1

1475-1500

44B113 45H33 61B2(LOUIS VII [of France])61B2(HENRY II [of England])

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4718
Sequence (global)	8856
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 III
Image size (mm)	118x90
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	268r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl3_268r.jpg

f. 342rminiature

Meeting of emperor Frederick II and (?)

Book 31: Chapter 1

1475-1500

61B2(FREDERICK II)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4719
Sequence (global)	8857
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 III
Image size (mm)	118x89
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	342r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl3_342r.jpg

f. 404rminiature

Pope Innocent 7

Book 32: Chapter 1

1475-1500

11P3111 11P31113 11P3112 11P4 61B2(INNOCENT VII)21

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4720
Sequence (global)	8858
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 C 1 III
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 C 1 III
Image size (mm)	119x93
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	404r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128c1_dl3_404r.jpg