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St Hubert of Liège offers his services to Pepin of Heristal

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St. Hubert of Liège offers his services to Pepin of Herstal; the conversion of St Hubert (background)
Contents: Hubert le Prevost, Vie de St. Hubert
Place of origin, date: Bruges, David Aubert (scribe), Loyset Li‚det (illuminator); 1463
Material: Vellum, ff. 76, 323x244 (204x150) mm, 22 lines, littera hybrida (lettre bourguignonne), Binding: 18th-century brown leather; gilt
Decoration: 13 miniatures (115/100x150 mm), 1 historiated initial (38x42 mm; coat of arms), decorated initials (9v, 10v, 11v, 12v, 13r, etc)
Provenance: made in 1463 for Philip the Good (d. 1467), Duke of Burgundy; remained in the ducal Library till the 17th century (mentioned in the inventories of 1467, 1487, 1536, 1577, 1598 and 1614). Disappeared after 1643. H.-N. de Villenfagne d'Ingihoul, Bruxelles (d. 1826).Purchased in 1826 by King William I of The Netherlands and placed in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek

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