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French translation by Guillaume de Tignonville of the Latin translation of an 11th-century Arabic work containing aphorisms or maxims from genuine or spurious works of 22 philosophers and poets, including Hermetic maxims, followed by Jean Courtecuisse's French translation of a Latin work on the cardinal virtues by Martin of Braga but attributed to Seneca, printed in 1491.
Support: parchment; Extent: 100 leaves : 251 x 177 (175 x 115) mm. bound to 262 x 189 mm; Foliation: Parchment, v (modern paper) + 100 + iii (modern paper); 1-100; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto, mostly trimmed away; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Written in 2 columns of 29 lines; ruled in lead.
Written in bâtarde script.
4-line initials in blue and gold with red and blue filigree (f. 1r, 3r); paragraph marks and subsequent 2-line initials alternate between gold with blue filigree and blue with red filigree.
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Ms. codex.
Title from 18th-century note (flyleaf v verso).
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
France
Written in France in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
19th-century stamped calf (Zacour-Hirsch).
Middle French
According to the 18th-century note (flyleaf v verso), signed "Muraire," the volume was sold "chez le Duc de la Valliere" in 1788 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1959.
France
Written in France in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Middle French
According to the 18th-century note
Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1959.
French translation by Guillaume de Tignonville of the Latin translation of an 11th-century Arabic work containing aphorisms or maxims from genuine or spurious works of 22 philosophers and poets, including Hermetic maxims, followed by Jean Courtecuisse's French translation of a Latin work on the cardinal virtues by Martin of Braga but attributed to Seneca, printed in 1491.
Ms. codex.
Title from 18th-century note (flyleaf v verso).
Written in bâtarde script.
4-line initials in blue and gold with red and blue filigree (f. 1r, 3r); paragraph marks and subsequent 2-line initials alternate between gold with blue filigree and blue with red filigree.
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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