Category:Othea's Epistle (Den Haag, KB, 74 G 27)

Den Haag, KB, 74 G 27

Christine de Pisan, L'épître d'Othéa

Burgundy; c. 1450-1475 Beschrijving

98 miniatures (100/40x90 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration Herkomst

Provenance unknown. Known to have been in the KB since 1830 (possibly afkomstig from the Orange-Naasau collection at Dillenburg, transferred in 1821; or identical with an Epitre d'Othea sold in 1730 at the sale of Samuel van Huls at The Hague (cat. no. 5147) Codicologie

Vellum, ff. 96, 199x134 (135x90) mm, 27 lines, littera cursiva. French. Binding: 20th-century brown leather (1973; blue silk binding as described by Byvanck 1924 lost)