QUINTE-CURSE’S MEDIAEVAL MANUSCRIPT
“HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT”
QUINTE-CURCE, “Faiz et conquestes d’Alexandre”
[History of Alexander the Great]
Translated by Vasque de Lucène.
In French, an illuminated manuscript on paper and parchment.
Twelve large miniatures painted in grisaille and semi-grisaille, attributable to the Master of the Golden Fleece of Vienna and Copenhagen (with a miniature painted by the Master of grisaille decorated with fleur-de-lis?)
France, probably Lille, circa 1480.
Manuscript produced for a member of the Clèves-Ravenstein family.
The work titled “Historiarum Alexandri Magni Libri”, usually translated as “The History of Alexander the Great”, is attributed to Quinte-Curce; it is conserved in some 123 manuscripts. It is a biography of Alexander the Great in Latin. The work draws largely from the “History of Alexander” by Clitarchus.
This manuscript contains the French translation attributed to Vasque de Lucène. It is richly illuminated, and includes twelve large miniatures in grisaille, most of which may be attributed to a Flemish artist.
300,000/500,000€