Christine de Pizan in Bruges le Livre de la Cité des Dames as Het Bouc van de Stede der Vrauwen (London, British Library, Add. 20698)
Christine de Pizan composed her famous defense of women, Le Livre de la Cité des Dames, as a response to the misogynistic writings of the time. She used the allegorical form to present the life and deeds ofvirtuous women as the metaphorical building blocks for the City ofLadies. In 1475, some forty-...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Hilversum
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2015
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| Schriftenreihe: | Middeleeuwse studies en bronnen
157 |
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Christine / de Pisan / approximately 1364-approximately 1431 / Livre de la cité des dames / Translations into Dutch / Manuscripts
> Christine / de Pisan / approximately 1364-approximately 1431 / Livre de la cité des dames / Dutch / Illustrations / Facsimiles
> Christine
> British Library
> Handschrift
> Geschichte 1400-1500
> Geschichte 1475
> Manuscripts, Dutch / 15th century
> Miniature painting, Dutch / 15th century
> Sammlung
> Illuminierte Handschrift
> Mittelniederländisch
> Brügge
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Christine de Pizan composed her famous defense of women, Le Livre de la Cité des Dames, as a response to the misogynistic writings of the time. She used the allegorical form to present the life and deeds ofvirtuous women as the metaphorical building blocks for the City ofLadies. In 1475, some forty-five years after Christine's death, Jan de Baenst, a descendant of a prominent Bruges family, ordered a translation. Het Bouc van de Stede der Vrauwen is the only Middle Dutch translation of a work by Christine de Pizan and it has survived in only one manuscript. Christine de Pizan in Bruges tells the story of this unique codex by focusing on the background of the commissioner, the codicological aspects, the highly original but unfinished illumination program, the 41 miniatures executed are reproduced here in full colour, and the translator's personal epilogue |
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| Beschreibung: | Bibliographie Seiten [120]-123. Mit Abbildungen der gesamten Handschrift |
| Beschreibung: | 127 Seiten Illustrationen 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789087045395 978-90-8704-539-5 |