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Statutes and constitution of the Ordre de Saint-Michel, detailing the responsibilities of the knights of the order, such as attendance at an annual meeting on the Feast of St. Michael (September 29).
Support: parchment; Extent: 45 leaves : 201 x 144 (150 x 92) mm. bound to 209 x 155 mm; Foliation: Parchment, ii + 45 + i; [1-45]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Written in 22 long lines; frame-ruled in ink.
Written in a Gothic cursive script.
4-line illuminated initial (f. 1r), gold letter on a red square decorated with gray (once silver?) vines and flowers.
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.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
The date of the order's founding, 1469, appears on f. 33v; on the same page, a slightly later note refers to the position of the prévost maistre des ceremonies, which was instituted in 1476.
f. 1r: "[text] Loys par la grace de dieu roy de France. Savoir faisonz a touz presens et advenir ..."
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 between 1469 and 1476.
19th-century gilt red morocco (Zacour-Hirsch).
Middle French
Sold by W. & G. Foyle, 1954.
France
Written in France between 1469 and 1476.
Middle French
Sold by W. & G. Foyle, 1954.
Statutes and constitution of the Ordre de Saint-Michel, detailing the responsibilities of the knights of the order, such as attendance at an annual meeting on the Feast of St. Michael (September 29).
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
The date of the order's founding, 1469, appears on f. 33v; on the same page, a slightly later note refers to the position of the prévost maistre des ceremonies, which was instituted in 1476.
f. 1r: "[text] Loys par la grace de dieu roy de France. Savoir faisonz a touz presens et advenir ..."
Written in a Gothic cursive script.
4-line illuminated initial (f. 1r), gold letter on a red square decorated with gray (once silver?) vines and flowers.
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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