. English: Valerius Maximus, Des faits et des paroles mémorables Place of origin, date: Loire region; c. 1475 Material: Vellum, ff. 485, 390x285 (238x167) mm, 2 columns, 42 lines, littera cursiva. French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, blind Decoration: 1 miniature (full-page + margin; f. 83r), 6 miniatures (full-page including some lines of text + margin); ff. 2r, 204r, 245r, 289r, 321r, 365r); 6 two-column miniatures (195/210x165 mm); 2 two-column miniatures (140x170 mm); 7 column miniatures (83/47x74 mm); decorated initials with border decoration (ff. ); penwork initials with pen-flou
. English: Valerius Maximus, Des faits et des paroles mémorables Place of origin, date: Loire region; c. 1475 Material: Vellum, ff. 485, 390x285 (238x167) mm, 2 columns, 42 lines, littera cursiva. French. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, blind Decoration: 1 miniature (full-page + margin; f. 83r), 6 miniatures (full-page including some lines of text + margin); ff. 2r, 204r, 245r, 289r, 321r, 365r); 6 two-column miniatures (195/210x165 mm); 2 two-column miniatures (140x170 mm); 7 column miniatures (83/47x74 mm); decorated initials with border decoration (ff. ); penwork initials with pen-flourishes (ff. ) Provenance: Purchased in 1814 by the Russian Tsar Alexander I at Paris and placed in the Imperial Library at St. Petersburg (shelfmark Fr. F. V. IV. 2); sold by the government after the Russian Revolution. Acquired by F. Mannheimer of Amsterdam (d. 1939); confiscated during World War II by the German occupying forces and restituted after 1945; since 1953 on permanent loan from the Stichting Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam (formerly: Dienst voor s-Rijks verspreide kunstvoorwerpen and Rijksdienst voor Beeldende Kunst) . 1475. Unknown 1121 Simon de Hesdin presents his translation of the `Facta et dicta memorabilia' by Valerius Maximus to Charles V, King of France
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Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: ., /, /., 1475., unknown.
