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Detail from BL Eg 1865, f. 129v

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Detail from BL Eg 1865, f. 129v

 
Detail from BL Eg 1865, f. 129v | Giovanni Boccaccio
 

Detail of historiated initial of a man holding a book. Image taken from f. 129v of Genealogia deorum gentilium. Written in Latin.

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Giovanni Boccaccio

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  • Creator:

    • Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 — 1375-12-21)

Classifications

  • Type:

    • illuminated manuscripts
    • Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
  • Subject:

    • British Library Egerton Collection
    • BL Eg 1865
    • f. 129v
    • Gothic cursive

Extended Information

Properties

  • Size:

    • 270 x 195 (190 x 130) in two columns
  • Format:

    • JPEG
  • Language:

    • Latin

Time

  • Date:

    • 1388/1388
    • 1388
    • 14-th
    • 14th
    • 14th century
    • Second half of the 14th century
  • Period:

    • 4 quarter of the 14th century

Provenance

  • Identifier:

    • K057097
  • Institution:

    • The British Library
  • Provider:

    • The European Library
  • Providing country:

    • United Kingdom
  • First published in Europeana:

    • 2015-03-26
  • Last updated in Europeana:

    • 2015-05-15

Additional rights information

  • Rights:

    • Public Domain. Attribution to the British Library is recommended. For further details please visit: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/reuse.asp

References and relations

  • Is part of:

    • http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6669
    • http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1348
  • Dataset:

    • 9200397_Ag_EU_TEL_ a1348_BL
  • Relations:

    • Genealogia deorum gentilium

Location

  • Location:

    • Italy, N. E. (Venice)

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Entities
  • Subjects, resource types, genres and forms (Concepts)

    • Concept Term
    • http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265483
    • Concept Label
      • ["手抄本裝飾畫"] (zh-hant);
      • ["shou ch'ao pen chuang shih hua"] (zh-latn-wadegile);
      • ["illuminated manuscripts"] (en);
      • ["shǒu chāo běn zhuāng shì huà"] (zh-latn-pinyin-x-hanyu);
      • ["shou chao ben zhuang shi hua"] (zh-latn-pinyin-x-notone);
      • ["verluchte manuscripten"] (nl);
      • ["manuscritos iluminados"] (es);
    • Broader Concept
    • http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028569
  • Persons and organisations (Agents)

    • Agent Term
    • http://data.europeana.eu/agent/base/60014
    • Agent Label
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (no);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (de);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (fi);
      • ["Джавані Бакача"] (be);
      • ["Джованни Боккаччо"] (ru);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (pt);
      • ["Джовани Бокачо"] (bg);
      • ["Džiovanis Bokačas"] (lt);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (hr);
      • ["Džovanni Bokačo"] (lv);
      • ["Boccace"] (fr);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (hu);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (bs);
      • ["Ջովաննի Բոկաչչո"] (hy);
      • ["ჯოვანი ბოკაჩო"] (ka);
      • ["Джованні Бокаччо"] (uk);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (sk);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (sl);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (ga);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (ca);
      • ["Џовани Бокачо"] (mk);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (sq);
      • ["Ђовани Бокачо"] (sr);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (sv);
      • ["조반니 보카치오"] (ko);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (gl);
      • ["Βοκάκιος"] (el);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (en);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (is);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (it);
      • ["乔万尼·薄伽丘"] (zh);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (es);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (et);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (eu);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (cs);
      • ["جيوفاني بوكاتشيو"] (ar);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (cy);
      • ["ジョヴァンニ・ボッカッチョ"] (ja);
      • ["Covanni Bokkacco"] (az);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (pl);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (ro);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (da);
      • ["ג'ובאני בוקאצ'ו"] (he);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (tr);
      • ["Giovanni Boccaccio"] (nl);
  • Time spans and dates (TimeSpan)

    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/13xx_4_quarter
    • Period Label
      • ["4-я четверть 14-го века"] (ru);
      • ["4 quarter of the 14th century"] (en);
      • ["4e quart 14e siècle"] (fr);
    • Period Begin
    • Tue Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 1376
    • Period End
    • Fri Dec 31 01:00:00 CET 1400
    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/1388
    • Period Label
    • 1388
    • Period Begin
    • Wed Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 1388
    • Period End
    • Thu Dec 31 01:00:00 CET 1388
    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/13xx
    • Period Label
      • ["14й век"] (ru);
      • ["14..", "14??", "14e"] (def);
      • ["14-th", "14th", "14th century"] (en);
      • ["14e siècle"] (fr);
      • ["14de eeuw"] (nl);
    • Period Begin
    • Sun Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 1301
    • Period End
    • Fri Dec 31 01:00:00 CET 1400
    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/13xx_2_half
    • Period Label
      • ["Вторая половина 14-го века"] (ru);
      • ["Second half of the 14th century"] (en);
      • ["14e (fin)"] (fr);
    • Period Begin
    • Sat Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 1351
    • Period End
    • Sat Dec 31 01:00:00 CET 1401
    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/AD2xxx
    • Period Label
      • ["Second millenium AD", "Second millenium AD, years 1001-2000"] (en);
      • ["2e millénaire après J.-C."] (fr);
    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/ChronologicalPeriod
    • Period Label
      • ["Chronological period"] (en);
    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/Time
    • Period Label
      • ["Time"] (en);
   

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