The Nativity: the Christ-child in the manger, Mary lies in bed, St. Joseph at her feet Place of origin, date: Ham of Fécamp; c. 1180 Material: Vellum, ff. 176, 232x169 (173x109) mm, 22 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 18th-century brown leather; gilt Decoration: 27 full-page miniatures (176/157x125/109 mm); 36 calendar miniatures (32/23x31/23 mm); 11 historiated initials (120x80 and 70/20x74/19 mm); decorated initials Provenance: presented in 1369 by Gérard de Dainville, bishop of Atrecht and (since 1370) Thérouanne, to a relative, Jeanne de Planches, nun in a convent in the diocese of Cambrai. Purchased in 1767 by Georges-Joseph Gérard (1734-1814) of Brussels; purchased in 1818 by the DutchGovernment with the Gérard collection and placed in the Algemeen Rijksarchief (now: Nationaal Archief) at The Hague; transferred to the KB in 1832 source: http://www.kb.nl

The Nativity: the Christ-child in the manger, Mary lies in bed, St. Joseph at her feet

Place of origin, date:

Ham of Fécamp; c. 1180

Material:

Vellum, ff. 176, 232x169 (173x109) mm, 22 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 18th-century brown leather; gilt

Decoration:

27 full-page miniatures (176/157x125/109 mm); 36 calendar miniatures (32/23x31/23 mm); 11 historiated initials (120x80 and 70/20x74/19 mm); decorated initials

Provenance:

presented in 1369 by Gérard de Dainville, bishop of Atrecht and (since 1370) Thérouanne, to a relative, Jeanne de Planches, nun in a convent in the diocese of Cambrai. Purchased in 1767 by Georges-Joseph Gérard (1734-1814) of Brussels; purchased in 1818 by the DutchGovernment with the Gérard collection and placed in the Algemeen Rijksarchief (now: Nationaal Archief) at The Hague; transferred to the KB in 1832

source: http://www.kb.nl