Here are the date ranges for the examples I posted. I only looked them up now because I like to keep my selections "blind" as much as possible as to not influence myself. For reference I'll repost the image.
She mentions four early MSS, all made under Visconti between 1380 and 1400. They are now held respectively in Paris, Vienna, Rome and Liège. The Paris MS is BNF NAL 1673, which is supposed to be the earliest, i.e. certainly before 1400. Yet the BNF vaguely marks it early 15th century. This was the MS which ended up as a gift to Verde Visconti.
This means that the MS in which I saw the VM-like pears is actually not "the" paris Tacuinum, but a later one
. BNF Lat 9333, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Its images do appear to descend from the (pre-1400) Vienna MS specifically.
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- Castello della Manta frescos, Northern Italy, 1410 - 1420, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
- BL Add MS 18850, France, 1410-1430, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
- BNF fr 805 (Roman de la Rose), France, 1400-1415, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
- Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal Ms-664 réserve, Paris, 1411, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
- Gentile da Fabriano, Italy, 1423
- Ms Germ. Quart. 42, Low Countries, 1415, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
She mentions four early MSS, all made under Visconti between 1380 and 1400. They are now held respectively in Paris, Vienna, Rome and Liège. The Paris MS is BNF NAL 1673, which is supposed to be the earliest, i.e. certainly before 1400. Yet the BNF vaguely marks it early 15th century. This was the MS which ended up as a gift to Verde Visconti.
This means that the MS in which I saw the VM-like pears is actually not "the" paris Tacuinum, but a later one
. BNF Lat 9333, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Its images do appear to descend from the (pre-1400) Vienna MS specifically.