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Heures de Savoie = Savoy Hours
Title
Heures de Savoie = Savoy Hours.
ISBN
9783905924565 (facsim. and commentary)
3905924560 (facsim. and commentary)
Publication
Lucerne : Quaternio Verlag Luzern, [2017]
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
26 leaves : illustrations, color facsimiles ; 21 cm + 1 commentary volume (255 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm)
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 1575: Number XXI. Facsimile housed in case and accompanied by commentary volume as issued.
BEIN 2018 1576: Number XXII. Facsimile housed in case and accompanied by commentary volume as issued.
Notes
Title from slipcase.
Title on commentary: Die Savoy Hours = The Savoy Hours = Les Heures de Savoie.
"Kommentar zur Faksimile-Edition Roger S. Wieck, Raymond Clemens"-- Commentary title page.
"The unique limited edition of this facsimile volume comprises worldwide 680 copies numbered with Arabic numerals. A further 60 copies, numbered in Roman numerals are destined exclusively for documentation and archival purposes"--Colophon.
Manuscript in French and Latin; commentary in German, with French and English translations.
Summary
Facsimile of the original manuscript written and illuminated in the second quarter of the 14th century. Text is in Latin and French, and features 50 illustrated miniatures. Most likely produced in the atelier of Jean Pucelle between 1334 and 1348. Commissioned by Blanche of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy. Later owned by Charles V and Jean, duc de Berry. This facsimile is a fragment of the original manuscript, most of which was lost in a fire in Turin in 1904. -- facsimilefinder.com (viewed February 15, 2017)
Variant and related titles
Savoy Hours
Format
Books
Language
Latin; French
Added to Catalog
November 01, 2018
Bibliography
Commentary includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Facsimiles.
Also listed under
Facsimile of (item): Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Manuscript. Ms. 390.
Contains (expression): Catholic Church. Book of hours (Ms. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Ms. 390)
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