Chronique anonyme universelle]. (DS3440) (Q17102): Difference between revisions

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Latest revision as of 20:02, 18 March 2024

Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444776, MS pb Med.32)

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Chronique anonyme universelle]. (DS3440)	Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444776, MS pb Med.32)

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28 November 2023

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title as recorded

Chronique anonyme universelle].

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associated name as recorded

Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855

role in authority file

Former owner

name in authority file

Joseph Barrois

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Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878

role in authority file

Former owner

name in authority file

Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham

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Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962

role in authority file

Former owner

name in authority file

Sydney Cockerell

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genre as recorded

Manuscripts, French--France

term in authority file

Manuscripts, French

France

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Manuscripts, Medieval--France

term in authority file

Manuscripts, Medieval

France

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Scrolls

term in authority file

Scrolls

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Inscriptions

term in authority file

Inscriptions

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Illuminations

term in authority file

Illumination of books and manuscripts

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Digital images

term in authority file

Digital images

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Gothic scripts

term in authority file

Gothic scripts

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subject as recorded

World history--Early works to 1800

term in authority file

World history

Early works

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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston

term in authority file

Manuscripts, Medieval

Massachusetts--Boston

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France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800

term in authority file

France

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Early works

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Genealogy in the Bible--Early works to 1800

term in authority file

Genealogy in the Bible

Early works

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language as recorded

fre

language in authority file

French

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production date as recorded

between 1470 and 1479?

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15. century

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fifteenth century (dates CE)

earliest date

1470^Gregorian

latest date

1479^Gregorian

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production place as recorded

France]

place in authority file

France

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physical description

Extent: 1 roll (16 membranes) : parchment, ill. ; 10380 x 505 mm

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material as recorded

parchment, ill.

material in authority file

Parchment

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note

Ms. roll.

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In French.

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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.

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The Chronique Anonyme Universelle records the history of the world from Creation to the late middle ages, including a detailed genealogy of mankind. History is recorded in parallel columns, beginning with Biblical history in two, then adding ancient Greece at the right, and finally settling into a four-column format - from left to right, the Popes, Roman and Holy Roman emperors, the kings of...

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Ends imperfectly, approximately 220 lines (probably an entire sheet) lacking. Small lacuna (approx. 25 lines, 130 mm) between 15th and 16th sheets, probably including a miniature of Godfrey of Bouillon and a miniature of William the Conqueror cut from the 15th or 16th sheet, repaired in the early 20th century by a narrow strip of white silk. Otherwise, in excellent condition, with bright...

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Collation: Parchment, vertical scroll in 16 sheets pasted together with approximately 15 mm overlap. 10380 x 505 mm (upper margin: 183 mm; outer margins: 35 mm).

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Layout: Two (183 mm) or four (85 mm) columns (one brief section in which the fourth column splits into two narrow columns). Bounding and ruling lines in blind, prickings along each edge. Several sheets have a crease in the center from edge to edge, implying that they were once folded in half, probably to facilitate pricking.

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Script: Written in a gothic cursive script in brown ink. Rubrics and captions sometimes in slightly smaller script.

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Decoration: Genealogical diagrams throughout of 25 mm red roundels with captions in brown ink within, linked by red lines. Opens with four-line initial in blue on gold-leaf background with infill in gold and colors, one- to two-line initials throughout in gold with salmon infill on blue or vice versa, white geometric tracery. Border of vines with gold and blue acanthus in upper left corner. 56...

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Formerly attached to wooden spindles, 645 mm long. Upper spindle was possibly original; lower spindle was a 19th-century replacement with two narrow gray ribbons attached at the center. Scroll was attached to upper spindle by a wedge running the length of the spindle, and to lower spindle by adhesive. Currently housed in a custom cloth case.

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Origin: Produced in France ca. 1470s.

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Provenance: Owned by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Barrois (1784-1855). Presumably sold to the Earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878) with the rest of the Barrois collection in 1849, although the manuscript is not listed in the Barrois catalogue. His sale, Sotheby's London, 10 June 1901, lot 626 to Sydney Cockerell for the Boston Public Library (Barrois-Ashburnham lot number "626" written in blue pencil on...

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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by the Boston Public Library in March 1903 from Sydney Cockerell.

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Call number: MS pb Med.32.

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Former call number: G.Cab.3.31.

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Bibliography: Haraszti, Z. "Medieval Manuscripts in The Library" More Books III (1928), 71-72; Davis, L.F. La Chronique Anonyme Universelle: Reading and Writing History in Fifteenth-Century France (Harvey Miller Publishers, 2014); Davis, L.F. "Chronique Anonyme Universelle à la Mort de Charles VII" Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle (Brill, 2010), pp. 296-297; Davis, L.F. "The First and...

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Consult description by Lisa Fagin Davis for further information.

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date last updated

4 December 2023

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IIIF manifest

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/np193j76j/manifest

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dated

Non-dated

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Chronique anonyme universelle]. (DS3440) (Q17102): Difference between revisions

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