. English: \Simon de Hesdin presents his translation of the 'Facta et dicta memorabilia' of Valerius Maximus to Charles V, king of France Contents: Valerius Maximus, Des faits et dits mémorables. Translation from the Latin by Simon de Hesdin and Nicholas de Gonesse Place of origin, date: France; c. 1400-1410 Material: Vellum, ff. 477, 298x240 (220x170) mm, 40 lines, littera hybrida, Binding: 15th-century white leather Decoration: 10 column miniatures (100/49x69 mm); 10 decorated initials later historiated with coats of arms (20/27x30 mm); small decorated initials throughout Provenance: Member
. English: \Simon de Hesdin presents his translation of the 'Facta et dicta memorabilia' of Valerius Maximus to Charles V, king of France Contents: Valerius Maximus, Des faits et dits mémorables. Translation from the Latin by Simon de Hesdin and Nicholas de Gonesse Place of origin, date: France; c. 1400-1410 Material: Vellum, ff. 477, 298x240 (220x170) mm, 40 lines, littera hybrida, Binding: 15th-century white leather Decoration: 10 column miniatures (100/49x69 mm); 10 decorated initials later historiated with coats of arms (20/27x30 mm); small decorated initials throughout Provenance: Member of the Berlaimont family (coat of arms in initials; 15th century). Georgius Vivens of Brussels (1628). Purchased at the sale of Mme de Montfort, canoness at the Chapter of St. Waudru at Mons by G‚rard (1734-1814) of Brussels; purchased in 1818 with theG‚rard collection by the Dutch Government and placed in the Algemeen Rijksarchief (now: Nationaal Archief) at The Hague; tranferred to the KB in 1832 (G‚rard no. A 22) Annotation: all miniatures once cut out and glued in again afterwards by means of small paper strips . between 1400 and 1410. Unknown 1121 Simon de Hesdin presents his translation of the 'Facta et dicta memorabilia' of Valerius Maximus to Charles V, king of France
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