Alonso de Spina, La forteresse de la foy

AuthorAlonso de Spina

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 133 A 6

Origin & date Southern Netherlands; c. 1480-1490

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 439, 486x362 (306x213) mm, 2 columns, 40 lines, littera hybrida. French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, gilt, with coat of arms of Stadtholder William V

Illumination

1 two-column miniature (192x193 mm); decorated initials with border decoration throughout

Provenance

Collection of the Stadtholders, acquired in 1798

Bibliography

Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 69

Note

Opening leaves, containing two-column miniatures, missing before ff. 17, 93, 138, 282, 405 (Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 A 6
Title (index form)	La forteresse de la foy
Language of origin code	sn
Place of origin	Southern Netherlands
Date of origin	1480-1490
Related names/collections	Stadtholders, Coll.
Cataloguer's note	ask 7-2000
Language	French
Language (Dutch)	Frans
Classification code	01 A 22
Geographic code	03 SN

1 illumination catalogued

f. 108vtwo-column miniature

St. John Chrysostom preaching before heretics

Book 2: Chapter 11

1450-1500

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5963
Sequence (global)	2617
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 A 6
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 A 6
Image size (mm)	192x193
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	108v
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 133A6_108V_MIN.JPG