Compilation of Chronicles in the vernacular, illustrated manuscript on paper and vellum.
Netherlands, Guelders, after 1453 – before or in 1461
215 x 140 mm, 261 leaves, 28 pen-and wash drawings
f. xvijr: Empress Helena threatening Jews with fire
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Compilation of Chronicles in the vernacular, illustrated manuscript on paper and vellum.
Netherlands, Guelders, after 1453 – before or in 1461
215 x 140 mm, 261 leaves, 28 pen-and wash drawings
f. xxviijv: Hermit's vision of King Theoderic's soul being cast into Hell
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Compilation of Chronicles in the vernacular, illustrated manuscript on paper and vellum.
Netherlands, Guelders, after 1453 – before or in 1461
215 x 140 mm, 261 leaves, 28 pen-and wash drawings
f. xlijv: Holy Roman Emperor with Electors
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This compilation contains chronicles of various regions in the Northern Netherlands and Lower Rhine (including Guelders, Holland, Utrecht, Brabant, Mark and Cleves), all principalities that were part of the Holy Roman Empire. It is uniquely illustrated with pen-drawings and can be dated to c. 1453-1461. It is the earliest known example of vernacular territorial, or regional historiography in the lower Rhine-Maas region and one of the very rare, illustrated, historiographical manuscripts known to exist.
Read more about this manuscript in our Spotlight on Manuscripts from the Netherlands, and in our Spotlight on the Crown of a Career.
This work is now in the collection of Huis Bergh Castle in The Netherlands.
