Detail View: History of Art Image Library: Attr. Lyedet, Duke of Britany arrested Froissart's Chronicles, late 15th Century
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Work Record ID:
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0039834
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Catalogue Number:
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MS fr. 2643
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Title:
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Duke of Brittany arrested during the Battle of La Roche-Derrien in 1347, (f.180)
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Variant Title:
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Charles de Blois, duc de Bretagne, est fait prisonnier pendant la bataille de la Roche-Derrien (1347).
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Creator Name:
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Attr. Lyedet, Loiset (active late 15th Century)
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Creator Role:
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Illuminator
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Production Notes:
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Bruges illuminators
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Creator Name:
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Jean Froissart, ca. 1337-ca. 1404
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Creator Role:
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Historian
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Date:
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Late 15th Century
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Description:
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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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript: illuminated
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Measurement:
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17 x 20
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Measurement Unit:
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cm
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Technique:
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Illumination
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Location:
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Paris
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Gallery:
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Biblotheque nationale
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Repository:
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Froissart's Chronicles
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Culture:
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Flemish
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Subject:
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Historical subject
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro Resolution (dpi):
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2100 dpi
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Repro Title:
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Attr. Lyedet, Duke of Britany arrested Froissart's Chronicles, late 15th Century
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Repro Creator Name:
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Edinburgh University Library Photography Department
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Repro Repository:
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History of Art slide library
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Repro Old ID Number:
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ha001779
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© Edinburgh University Library
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Repro Capture Date:
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03/01/2002
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