Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 76

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Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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  • Ms. fr. 76
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  • 15th century
  • 16th century
  • ca. 1475-1500
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  • French
Title
  • Quintus Curtius Rufus, Faits et gestes d’Alexandre
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  • Vasco de Lucena translated Quintus Curtius’ history of Alexander into French at the request of Isabella of Portugal, the wife of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy. The translator drew on texts by Plutarch and Justin in order to complete the Roman writer’s text which contains gaps. The translation, completed in 1468, presents Alexander as conqueror, devoid of all legends transmitted through courtly literature; it is dedicated to Charles the Bold, the son of Isabella. This copy from the Bibliothèque de Genève was illustrated by a Flemish artist, Maître d’Edouard IV, who was active in Bruges around the end of the 15th century, as well as by a second hand not yet definitively identified.
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  • e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
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