Facsimile:
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| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location
Cologny
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| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark Cod. Bodmer 49 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Christine of Pisan, Epitre d'Othea |
| Caption: | Caption Parchment · 150 ff. · 28 x 20 cm · France · around 1460 |
| Language: |
Language
French
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| Manuscript Summary: |
Manuscript Summary
This manuscript, commissioned by the bibliophile Antoine of Bourgogne in 1460, contains the Epître d’Othea by Christine de Pisan, decorated with about a hundred masterful miniatures (a complete pictorial cycle). One of these contains the dedication of the work and shows four figures, identifiable as Philip the Good, Charles the Brave, and two of Philip's illegitimate sons, David and Anthony of Burgundy.
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| Standard description: |
Standard description
Vielliard Françoise, Manuscrits Français du Moyen Âge, Cologny-Genève, 1975, pp. 146-149.Show standard description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.5076/e-codices-cb-0049 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-cb-0049)
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| Permanent link: |
Permanent link
https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0049
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| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://www.e-codices.ch/metadata/iiif/fmb-cb-0049/manifest.json
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| How to quote: |
How to quote
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 49: Christine of Pisan, Epitre d'Othea (/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0049).
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| Online Since: |
Online Since
07/25/2006
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| Rights: |
Rights
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript
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| Century: |
Century
15th century
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| Decoration: |
Decoration
Figurative
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Fully Painted
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Gold / Silver
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Initial
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Margin
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Ornamental
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Penwork
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Text Block
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| With in situ fragment: |
With in situ fragment
Flyleaf
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Pastedown
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| Restored: |
Restored
Yes
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Die schönsten Seiten der Schweiz. Geistliche und weltliche Handschriften / Trésors enluminés de Suisse. Manuscrits sacrés et profanes, M. Bernasconi Reusser, C. Flüeler, B. Roux (ed.), Cinisello Balsamo (Milano) 2020, 290-291, Nr. 67 (P. Frieden).
Christine de Pizan, Epître d’Othea, Préface de J. Cerquiglini-Toulet, Traduction de H. Basso, Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, et Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 2008, 2 vol sous coffret [édition fac-similée du Codex Bodmer].
Sandra L. Hindman, Christine de Pizan's "Epistre Othéa". Painting and Politics at the Court of Charles VI, Toronto 1986 (Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies. Studies and Textes, 77).