Das Gebetbuch der Claude de France = The prayer book of Claude de France

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Full Title:: Das Gebetbuch der Claude de France = The prayer book of Claude de France

Variant Titles:: Prayer book of Claude de France
Commentary has title: Gebetbuch der Claude de France : MS M.1166, the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Commentary has added t.p.: Prayer book of Claude de France : MS M.1166, the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

Additional Author/Creators:: Maître de Claude, active 1517
Wieck, Roger S.
Brown, Cynthia J., 1948-

Genre:: Facsimiles
Subjects:: Maître de Claude,active 1517
Claude,Queen, consort of Francis I, King of France,1499-1524--Library
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Illustrations
Pierpont Morgan Library.Manuscript.M.1166
Prayer books--France--Tours--Illustrations
Illumination of books and manuscripts, French--France--Tours--16th century
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance--France--Tours
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--New York (State)--New York--Facsimiles

Language:: Latin
Language Note:: Ms. in Latin; commentary in German and English.
Physical Type/Description:: 111 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 77 mm + 1 commentary (295 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm)
General Note:: Full-color facsimile of ms. commissioned in Tours, France, by Queen Claude de France, consort of King Francis I of France, between 1515 and her coronation in 1517. Its illuminations are by the Master of Claude de France.
Commentary by Roger S. Wieck, with a contribution by Cynthia J. Brown.
Issued in a case (23 x 17 x 7 cm) with commentary and a magnifying glass.
Ed. of 980 copies numbered in Arabic numerals, with an additional 80 copies assigned Roman numerals and reserved for archival purposes.
Title from colophon of facsimile.
Local Note:: Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library copy is no. 253.