Bourrit, Charles (1772-1840)
At the request of Charles the Bold, in 1470 Vasco de Lucena translated Xenophon's Cyropaedia from the Latin translation by Poggio Bracciolini (Institutio Cyri, 1445) and titled it “ Traitté des faiz et haultes prouesses de Cyrus”. The manuscript was illuminated by the “Maitre des prières de 1500” and contains seven miniatures that tell the story of Cyrus and that inspired the Duke of Burgundy in his political and military actions.
Online Since: 10/04/2018
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- Bourrit, Charles (Librarian) | Engelbert II., Nassau-Dillenburg, Graf (Former possessor) | Gebetbuch-Meister (Illuminator) | Lucena, Vasco de (Author) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Petau, Alexandre (Former possessor) | Poggio Bracciolini, Gian Francesco (Translator) | Xenophon (Author) Found in: Standard description
This work, also known by the title „Livre de Jules César,“ contains a collection of texts by Julius Caesar, Sallust, Suetonius and Lucan; it was written in the years 1211-1214. The author, still unknown, intended to recount the history of the first twelve Roman emperors, but he terminated this undertaking at the end of the story of the life of Julius Caesar. The decoration of the manuscript from Geneva is by various hands; the principal one, attributed to the „Maître de l'échevinage de Rouen,“ illustrated the title page. It shows the coat of arms of Louis de Bourbon, the illegitimate son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon.
Online Since: 10/08/2015
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- Bourrit, Charles (Librarian) | Caesar, Gaius Iulius (Author) | Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus (Author) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Maître de l'Échevinage de Rouen (Illuminator) | Petau, Alexandre (Former possessor) | Sallustius Crispus, Gaius (Author) | Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius (Author) Found in: Standard description