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French translation, by the humanist Laurent de Premierfait, of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron,.
Support: paper; Extent: 658 leaves : 280 x 196 (215 x 130) mm. bound to 291 x 205 mm; Foliation: Paper, i (17th-century paper) + 658 + i (17th-century paper); [1-658]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Written in 24-30 long lines; chancery folio format.
Written in bâtarde script.
4-line initial with foliate ornamentation in blue, gold, and pink (f. 1r); red initials and capitals.
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 from explicit (f. 657v).
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 1414 (Zacour-Hirsch).
17th-century vellum.
Middle French
Formerly owned by James P. R. Lyell (Zacour-Hirsch).
Appears in Maggs Bros. catalog 687 (March 1940), no. 200.
Appears in Bernard Quaritch's catalog 699 (1952), no. 27.
Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1952.
France
Written in France after 1414 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Middle French
Formerly owned by James P. R. Lyell
Appears in Maggs Bros. catalog 687
Appears in Bernard Quaritch's catalog 699
Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1952.
French translation, by the humanist Laurent de Premierfait, of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron,.
Ms. codex.
Title from explicit (f. 657v).
Written in bâtarde script.
4-line initial with foliate ornamentation in blue, gold, and pink (f. 1r); red initials and capitals.
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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