‎WATTEEUW (Lieve), VAN DER STOCK (Jan) [éd.]‎
‎The Anjou Bible. A royal manuscript revealed. Naples 1340.‎

‎ Paris, Leuven, Walpole, Peeters, 2010. In-4, rel. pleine toile rouge de l'éd. sous jaquette il. en coul., 335 pp., nombr. ill. en noir et en coul., certaines à pleine page, reprod. photogr. du manuscrit en planches, bibliographie. Texte en anglais sur 2 colonnes. ‎

Reference : 603123
ISBN : 9789042924451

‎The Anjou Bible, now kept in the Theology Faculty's Maurits Sabbe Library of the University of Leuven (Belgium) is a superbly illuminated manuscript created at the Royal Court of Naples in the turbulent fourteenth century. At this time much of Central and Southern Europe was governed by the successful dynasty of Anjou, which continued to expand its territories and encouraged artists and writers like Giotto, Simone Martini, Boccaccio and Petrarch. In 1328, after the death of her father, Joanna of Anjou became the official heir to the prosperous Kingdom of Naples and Sicily. Several years later her grandfather, Robert I, gave Joanna and her young fiance Andrew of Hungary a precious gift, which became known as the Anjou Bible, a manuscript that is priceless from a historical and art-historical point of view. In addition to Bible texts and splendid miniatures, it contains a wealth of historical information about the house of Anjou and the book's origins. Excellente condition. - Frais de port : -France 8,45 € -U.E. 13 € -Monde (z B : 23 €) (z C : 43 €) ‎