COLLECTION NAME:
History of Art Image Library
Record
Work Record ID:
0039834
Catalogue Number:
MS fr. 2643
Title:
Duke of Brittany arrested during the Battle of La Roche-Derrien in 1347, (f.180)
Variant Title:
Charles de Blois, duc de Bretagne, est fait prisonnier pendant la bataille de la Roche-Derrien (1347).
Creator Name:
Attr. Lyedet, Loiset (active late 15th Century)
Creator Role:
Illuminator
Production Notes:
Bruges illuminators
Creator Name:
Jean Froissart, ca. 1337-ca. 1404
Creator Role:
Historian
Date:
Late 15th Century
Description:
This illustrated copy of Froissart's chronicle (there are about 100 others) was commissioned by Louis of Gruthuse, around 1470-1480. It documents the Hundred Years War in four volumes of which BN fr. 2643 is the first. See also ha001780.
Work Type:
Manuscript: illuminated
Measurement:
17 x 20
Measurement Unit:
cm
Technique:
Illumination
Location:
Paris
Gallery:
Biblotheque nationale
Repository:
Froissart's Chronicles
Culture:
Flemish
Subject:
Historical subject
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro Resolution (dpi):
2100 dpi
Repro Title:
Attr. Lyedet, Duke of Britany arrested Froissart's Chronicles, late 15th Century
Repro Creator Name:
Edinburgh University Library Photography Department
Repro Repository:
History of Art slide library
Repro Old ID Number:
ha001779
Repro Rights Statement:
© Edinburgh University Library
Repro Capture Date:
03/01/2002
Attr. Lyedet, Duke of Britany arrested Froissart's Chronicles, late 15th Century
