Maître de l'Échevinage de Rouen (floruit 1450-1485)
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
- Maître de l'Échevinage de Rouen (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Maître de l'Échevinage de Rouen (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Maître de l'Échevinage de Rouen (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Maître de l'Échevinage de Rouen (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- 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
The Florentine writer and notary Brunetto Latini went into exile in 1260, after the Guelphs lost the Battle of Montaperti. Until 1266 he took up residence in France, where he wrote the Trésor, an encyclopedia written in French that was widely used until the end of the 15th century. The illuminator of the Bibliothèque de Genève's copy of the manuscript is known as the "Master of the Geneva Latini" or as the "Maître de l'échevinage de Rouen.” Originally decorated with four frontispieces, the manuscript today has only two, one of which is a famous representation of a medieval urban market.
Online Since: 09/23/2014
- Maître de l'Échevinage de Rouen (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Latini, Brunetto (Author) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Maître de l'Échevinage de Rouen (Illuminator) | Petau, Alexandre (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description