Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 78

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Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
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  • Cod. Bodmer 78
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Date
  • 14th century
  • 14th century (around 1370?)
Language
  • Latin
  • Italian
Title
  • Guido de Columnis, Historia destructionis Troiae
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  • This 14th century parchment manuscript preserves the "Historia destructionis Troiae" by Guido de Columnis for posterity. Its 187 miniatures crafted by Giustino da Forli portray the most important scenes of the Trojan War against a background of the Gothic architecture of Venice. The margins of the manuscript reveal written traces of the collaborative efforts of the copyist and the illuminator: the scribe made notes in Venetian dialect indicating the plan for incorporating a series of miniature illustrations, which were then duly added by the illuminator.
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  • e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
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