Guido, de Columnis (1210-1287)
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Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 52
Parchment · II + 136 + III ff. · 29.8 x 21.5 cm · Rouen (?) or Paris (?) · end of the 15th century
Guido de Columnis, Historia destructionis Troiae
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.
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