Guido, de Columnis (1210-1287)
This 14th century parchment manuscript preserves the "Historia destructionis Troiae" by Guido de Columnis for posterity. Its 187 miniatures crafted by Giustino da Forlì portray the most important scenes of the Trojan War against a background of the Gothic architecture of Venice. The margins of the manuscript reveal written traces of the collaborative efforts of the copyist and the illuminator: the scribe made notes in Venetian dialect indicating the plan for incorporating a series of miniature illustrations, which were then duly added by the illuminator.
Online Since: 07/31/2007
- Guido, de Columnis: Guido de Columnis, Historia destructionis Troiae Found in: Standard description
- Guido, de Columnis: Historia destructionis Troiae (f. 1-86)
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- Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London) (Seller) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Giustino, di Gherardino (Illuminator) | Guido, de Columnis (Author) | Henry Yates Thompson (Former possessor) | Hoepli, Ulrico (Seller) Found in: Standard description
The Theban and Trojan sagas held an important place in the literature of the middle ages. The contents of manuscript CB 160, written in 1469 on paper by Jacotin de Lespluc (« escript par la main de Jacotin de Lespluc »), form part of this tradition. This codex contains a prose version of the "Historia trojana" by Guido delle Colonne and a history of Thebes that closely follows the "Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César". The ink wash drawings are very similar to those found in Ms. 9650-52 of the Königliche Bibliothek of Belgium.
Online Since: 03/25/2009
- Guido, de Columnis (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Guido, de Columnis (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Evans, Robert Harding (Seller) | Gaignat, Louis Jean (Former possessor) | Guido, de Columnis (Author) | Henry Yates Thompson (Former possessor) | Kraus, Hans P. (Seller) | La Vallière, Louis César de LaBaume LeBlanc de (Former possessor) | Murray, Charles Fairfax (Former possessor) | Perrins, Charles William Dyson (Former possessor) | Utterson, Edward Vernon (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Guido, de Columnis: YSTORE DE THEBES, f. 1r-56r; GUY DE COLOMPNES [GUIDO DELLE COLONNE], Ystore de troyes, f. 57r-246r. (1r-56r) Found in: Additional description
- Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Evans, Robert Harding (Seller) | Gaignat, Louis Jean (Former possessor) | Guido, de Columnis (Author) | Henry Yates Thompson (Former possessor) | Kraus, Hans P. (Seller) | La Vallière, Louis César de LaBaume LeBlanc de (Former possessor) | Murray, Charles Fairfax (Former possessor) | Perrins, Charles William Dyson (Former possessor) | Utterson, Edward Vernon (Former possessor) Found in: Additional description
This manuscript contains the Latin translation of the Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, prepared in 1287 by Guido de Columnis. The text is divided into 35 books, of which only 9 are introduced by miniatures, most of them whole-page miniatures (f. 1r, 5v, 16v, 46r, 72v, 83v, 89v, 107v, 124v). Set in Renaissance-style frames, the paintings illustrate various important moments in the destruction of Troy. This manuscript was part of the collection of Paul and Alexandre Petau before it became the property of Ami Lullin, pastor and theologist in Geneva, who donated it to the Bibliothèque de Genève in 1756.
Online Since: 03/22/2018
- Guido, de Columnis: Historia destructionis Troiae ou Livre de la construction et destruction de la Grande Troie Found in: Standard description
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- Guido, de Columnis (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Benoît, de Sainte-More (Author) | Guido, de Columnis (Author) | Guido, de Columnis (Translator) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Petau, Alexandre (Former possessor) | Petau, Paul (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description