De Claris Mulieribus (Concerning Famous Women)
1473
Artist, German, active 15th century
Author, Italian, 1313 - 1375
Publisher, German, active 1470 - 1500
Master of Boccaccio, Giovanni Boccaccio (author), Johann Zainer (publisher)
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Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 81 woodcut illustrations made from 79 blocks, bound with Honorius Augustodunensis _De imagine mundi_ and Marcus Tullius Cicero _De officiis_
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 31 × 22 × 5.6 cm (12 3/16 × 8 11/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
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Accession Number
2013.132.1.b
Associated Artworks
De imagine Mundi
Honorius Augustodunensis
1473
De officiis
Marcus Tullius Cicero
1473
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Howarden Castle Library (bookplate). George Abrams (bookplate). (Christies, The Arcana Collection: Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts (7911), Lot 3, sale Wednesday 07 July, 2010); Gift from Private Collection, 2013.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on upper cover in brown ink: de ymagnus mundi- / boccanus de cleris feis / Tulluis de offer ns; lower cover lower right: Balbanus; last endpaper in graphite upper left: GA 33v; lower left: collated pp BQ2td / W[?] x i/89