. English: Petrus Comestor writing Contents: Peter Comestor, Historia scholastica (fragment; I). Peter Pictor, Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi (II). Theobald of Troyes, Summa Bibliae (III). Biblia pauperum (IV) Place of origin, date: Hesdin or Amiens, Rambures Master (illuminator); c. 1470 Material: Vellum, ff. 39 (1+16+5+19), 360x260 (I: 265x194; II: 260x192; III: 270x190; IV: 262x190) mm, 53 or 54 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 18th-century brown leather (rebacked) Decoration: 8+114 grisaille miniatures (80/40x55/25 mm and 105x60 mm) with 75 corresponding illustrations in the
. English: Petrus Comestor writing Contents: Peter Comestor, Historia scholastica (fragment; I). Peter Pictor, Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi (II). Theobald of Troyes, Summa Bibliae (III). Biblia pauperum (IV) Place of origin, date: Hesdin or Amiens, Rambures Master (illuminator); c. 1470 Material: Vellum, ff. 39 (1+16+5+19), 360x260 (I: 265x194; II: 260x192; III: 270x190; IV: 262x190) mm, 53 or 54 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 18th-century brown leather (rebacked) Decoration: 8+114 grisaille miniatures (80/40x55/25 mm and 105x60 mm) with 75 corresponding illustrations in the margin (all divided in two); 3 drawings (170/110x190/110 mm); 1 drawing in the margin (65x170 mm); penwork initials with pen-flourishes throughout Provenance: James Butler, Duke of Ormonde (1610-1688). Louis-François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1717-1776); purchased in 1777 at the Bourbon sale (cat. no. 1521) by Ch. Chardin; purchased in 1824 at the Chardin sale in Paris (cat. Febr. 9, no. 2271) by vanWestreenen Annotation: the Biblia Pauperum (ff. 21r-39v) contains most of the illumination . circa 1470. Rambures Master (fl. from 1454 until 1490) Alternative names Maître d'Amiens 200 Description French manuscript illuminator Work period 1454-1480 Work location Hesdin ? Amiens ? Authority control : Q22370572 VIAF: 14683769 ULAN: 500124226 LCCN: nr98024001 SUDOC: 181819023 BNF: 167352984 WorldCat (illuminator) 418 Petrus Comestor writing
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