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Amboise, Louis d' (Bishop of Albi)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: d 1503

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Illuminated manuscript of `De civitate Dei` [The City of God] by St Augustine.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.1.1.2
Scope and Contents A manuscript of the City of God, executed in Paris in 1503 for the Cardinal d’Amboise, Archbishop of Rouen, and probably intended for presentation to his brother, Louis, Bishop of Albi. The manuscript was originally in two volumes, with the division at the end of Book X. As a result of this division, folios 149v-150v are left blank, but have been lined and ruled. There are two folios missing, so that the beginning of Book X is wanting. Laborde states that the work was probably written by a...
Dates: 1503.