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L'arbre des batailles Ms. Codex 622
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Manuscript Overview
References
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Abstract

A treatise on war in four parts.

Physical Description

Support: paper; Extent: 127 leaves : 200 x 134 (145 x 94) mm. bound to 206 x 137 mm; Foliation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 127 + ii (modern paper); [1-127]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Layout

Written in 23-25 long lines; ruled in ink.

Script

Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand.

Decoration

Rubricated headings and initials throughout; some initials decorated with faces (f. 2r, 7v, 8r).

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.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title from f. 1r.

"Manuscrit de 1446" written on 19th-century endleaf and on small portion of former binding now attached to spine of 19th-century binding.

Notes in a later hand on final folio attribute work to Honoré Bonnor; same attribution is on spine.

Some water damage, upper outer corner of first portion; first two leaves have been repaired.

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.

Spine

Keywords
15th century
French
France
Paper
Military art and science
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Place of Origin

France?

Date

Written in France[?], in the 15th century.

Binding

19th-century calf.

Language

Middle French

Provenance

George Poulin (ca. 1500); Alexandre de Keller (19th century).

Purchased, 1953.

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Place of Origin

France?

Date

Written in France[?], in the 15th century.

Language

Middle French

Provenance

George Poulin

Purchased, 1953.

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

A treatise on war in four parts.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title from f. 1r.

"Manuscrit de 1446" written on 19th-century endleaf and on small portion of former binding now attached to spine of 19th-century binding.

Notes in a later hand on final folio attribute work to Honoré Bonnor; same attribution is on spine.

Some water damage, upper outer corner of first portion; first two leaves have been repaired.

Script note

Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand.

Decoration Note

Rubricated headings and initials throughout; some initials decorated with faces (f. 2r, 7v, 8r).

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.

References
Binding Images

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.

Spine

Keywords
15th century
French
France
Paper
Military art and science
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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