Terentius, Comoediae

AuthorTerentius

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 128 E 8

Origin & date Northern Italy; c. 1440-1460

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 114, 270x198 (190x115) mm, 27 lines, littera textualis. Latin. Binding: 18th-century red morocco, gilt, with coat of arms of K.H. von Hoym, made c. 1717-1735 by Boyet, Paris

Illumination

1 historiated initial (40x40 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 3r, 23v, 43v, 62v, 82r, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes (ff. 1v, 2r, 2v, 3r, 5r, etc.)

Provenance

K.H. von Hoym (d. 1736), his sale in 1738 at G. et C. Martin, Paris (cat. 1 Apr., no. 1747). P.-A. Bolognaro-Crevenna (d. 1792), his sale in 1790 at D.J. Changuion and P. den Hengst, Amsterdam (cat. 26 Apr. 1789, pt. 3-I, no. 3693), where bought by J. Romswinckel of Leyden; acquired in 1807 as part of the Romswinckel collection

Bibliography

Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 476

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 E 8
Title (index form)	Comoediae
Language of origin code	it
Place of origin	Italy, Northern
Date of origin	1440-1460
BR	Boyet, Paris
Related names/collections	Romswinckel, J., Coll.; Hoym, K.H. von; Martin, G. et C., Paris (auct. 1738); Bolognaro-Crevenna, P.-A.; Changuion, D.J. and P. den Hengst, Leyden (auct. 1789/1790)
Cataloguer's note	JL 15-2-2000, ask 6-2000
Language	Latin
Language (Dutch)	Latijn
Classification code	01 E
Geographic code	01 IT 01 01

1 illumination catalogued

f. 1rhistoriated initial

Publius Terentius

1475-1500

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4929
Sequence (global)	9946
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 E 8
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 E 8
Image size (mm)	40x40
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	1r
Language of origin code	3 Italy
Note	Not available = 128E8_001R_INIT.JPG