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Tribute to the Bishop of Cuba
Acquired by Musea Brugge and Openbare Bibliotheek BruggeObsequiale for Jan de Witte, first Bishop of Santiago de Cuba, (Arenberg Ms. 35),
Manuscript in Latin on vellum with a full-page miniature and two full borders146 x 96 mm. 24 leavesThis wonderful manuscript is now in the possession of the Musea Brugge and Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge.
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Palmistry, Philosophy, and Precious Gems: created for Raphael de Mercatellis
Jean d’Outremeuse, I. Le tresorier de philosophie naturelle des pierres precieuses. – II. Ex divina philosophorum achademia secundum nature vires ad extra chyromanticie diligentissime collectum.manuscript in French and Latin written on vellum, with four -
Livy's History of Rome: Les Décades, illuminated for Jean III de Vy, chevalier
Manuscript on vellum, illuminated by Henri d’Orquevaulx with his self-portrait, a portrait of the scribe Jeannin de Rouen, and of the patron Jean III de Vy (d. 1449). France, Metz, dated 1440. -
Emperor Maximilian I's Theuerdank
edited by Melchior Pfintzing. “Nürnberg” [Augsburg]: Johann Schönsperger, 1 March 1517. First edition. -
Compendium made for Juan II, King of Castile and Leon
Illuminated manuscript in Latin on vellum. Spain, Castile, c. 1425 -
Hans Ebran von Wildenberg: Two Important Bavarian Chronicles
With: Andreas von Regensburg, Croniken von den Fürsten aus Bairn. Manuscript in German on paper with coats of arms and genealogical table of the Dukes of Bavaria. Germany, Bavaria, c. 1550-before 1553. -
Valturio's Famous Illustrated Military Treatise in the Vernacular
Robertus Valturius, (De re militari, in Italian) Opera de facti e praecepti militari. Verona: Boninus de Boninis, 17 February 1483. First edition in Italian. -
Epistres d'Ovide, of Queen Anne de Bretagne
France, Paris, Octovien de Saint-Gelais and the Master of the Chronique Scandaleuse -
Book of Flower Studies
Master of Claude de France, France, Tours, c. 1520 -
Livre des faits du bon chevalier Jacques de Lalaing
Flanders, Bruges, written c. 1480s, Simon Bening and workshop, c. 1520s. -
Description des Douze Cesars abregees avecques leurs figures faictes et portraictes selon le naturel
Jean Bourdichon, France, Tours, c. 1520 -
Stammheim Missal
GERMANY, HILDESHEIM, C. 1170-1180 -
Miniature Book of Hours, use of Rome, in Latin
Flanders, Bruges, Simon Bening, c. 1530-1535. -
Prayer book for the young Charles V – with his pre-imperial arms
Collaborator of Simon Bening, Flanders, Bruges (?), c. 1516-1517 -
Wedding Hours made for Bianca Maria Sforza and Maximilian I
MASTER OF ANNA SFORZA, ITALY, MILAN, 1493 -
The Book of Joshua – Fragment from the Gutenberg Bible
Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg and Johannes Fust, c. 1454 -
St. Aldhelm of Malmsbury, De Laude Virginitatis
SOUTHERN ENGLAND, PROBABLY GLASTONBURY OR WORCESTER, C. 800 -
Four Gospels with Kephalaia, and other texts
COPIED BY MANUEL HAGIOSTEPHANITES FOR JOHN OF CRETE, CYPRUS, 1156 -
McKell Medical Almanac
DIEBOLD LAUBER WORKSHOP, ALSACE, HAGENAU, C. 1445 -
Crucifixion with Lamentation scene surrounded by figures of King David and Prophets
GIULIANO AMADEI, ITALY, ROME, 1489