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French allegorical poem written in the 13th century by Guillaume de Lorris and continued by Jean de Meun; the section by Jean de Meun starts at line 4059, f. 64.
Support: paper; Extent: 342 leaves : 302 x 210 (192 x 90) mm. bound to 310 x 216 mm; Collation: Paper, 342; 1-18¹⁶ 19¹⁸ 20-22¹⁶; [ii], 1-317, 319-340, [i]; misnumbered at 318, no loss of text. Foliation and line numbering in a later hand. Signatures at bottom right; catchwords at bottom center, often cropped.
Written in 31-37 long lines; text block boundaries ruled in drypoint.
Written in Gothic cursive, with the first words or first line at the beginning of sections in bâtarde script; f. 306-322v (a single gathering) in a second hand.
Many 2- and 3-line initials in red; capital at beginning of each line stroked with yellow; rubrication in red, often with cropped notes for rubrication or illustration barely visible at edge of page; spaces for illumination, approximately 9 lines in height, are frequent at the beginning of the manuscript but disappear in the second half (after f. 171v).
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Ms. codex.
Title from flyleaf, in a later hand.
Verses 64-73 pasted on f. [ii] recto in contemporary hand; some marginalia trimmed and lost.
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 after 1474, based on primary watermark.
Contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked; wormholes in boards, leather, and text near spine.
Old French
Signatures: Marcel (inside upper cover); Delaplanches (f. 1r).
Sold in the Ashburnham collection at auction at Sotheby's, 10 June 1901, lot 607.
Sold by Librairie J. Thiebaud, 1950.
France
Written in France after 1474, based on primary watermark.
Old French
Signatures: Marcel
Sold in the Ashburnham collection at auction at Sotheby's, 10 June 1901, lot 607.
Sold by Librairie J. Thiebaud, 1950.
French allegorical poem written in the 13th century by Guillaume de Lorris and continued by Jean de Meun; the section by Jean de Meun starts at line 4059, f. 64.
Ms. codex.
Title from flyleaf, in a later hand.
Verses 64-73 pasted on f. [ii] recto in contemporary hand; some marginalia trimmed and lost.
Written in Gothic cursive, with the first words or first line at the beginning of sections in bâtarde script; f. 306-322v (a single gathering) in a second hand.
Many 2- and 3-line initials in red; capital at beginning of each line stroked with yellow; rubrication in red, often with cropped notes for rubrication or illustration barely visible at edge of page; spaces for illumination, approximately 9 lines in height, are frequent at the beginning of the manuscript but disappear in the second half (after f. 171v).
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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