Thursday 21 July 2016

Ab urbe condita (BL Royal MS 15 D VI)

Pierre Bersuire presenting the book to John II, f. 7r.

Colloquial name(s): Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius), Livy translated by Pierre Bersuire
Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 15 D VI

Date: 1390-1400 (source)
Origin: Paris(?), Central France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

This manuscript contains three large miniatures and fourteen one-column miniatures, of which two of the large and one of the one-column ones are available online (source).

Basic descriptions of the illustrations are provided by the British Library with the facsimile.

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