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Property / title as recorded
Chronique anonyme universelle].
 
Property / title as recorded: Chronique anonyme universelle]. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / associated name as recorded
Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855 / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded
Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878 / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962 / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962 / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Manuscripts, Medieval--France
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--France / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Gothic scripts
 
Property / genre as recorded: Gothic scripts / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / genre as recorded: Gothic scripts / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Inscriptions
 
Property / genre as recorded: Inscriptions / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / genre as recorded: Inscriptions / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Scrolls
 
Property / genre as recorded: Scrolls / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / genre as recorded: Scrolls / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Illuminations
 
Property / genre as recorded: Illuminations / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / genre as recorded: Illuminations / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Digital images
 
Property / genre as recorded: Digital images / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / genre as recorded: Digital images / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Manuscripts, French--France
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, French--France / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, French--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, French--France / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
Genealogy in the Bible--Early works to 1800
 
Property / subject as recorded: Genealogy in the Bible--Early works to 1800 / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / subject as recorded: Genealogy in the Bible--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: Genealogy in the Bible--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800
 
Property / subject as recorded: France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800 / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / subject as recorded: France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
World history--Early works to 1800
 
Property / subject as recorded: World history--Early works to 1800 / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / subject as recorded: World history--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: World history--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / language as recorded
fre
 
Property / language as recorded: fre / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / language as recorded: fre / qualifier
 
Property / production date as recorded
between 1470 and 1479?
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1470 and 1479? / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1470 and 1479? / qualifier
century: 15. century
Timestamp+1401-01-01T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision100 years
Before0
After0
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1470 and 1479? / qualifier
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1470 and 1479? / qualifier
earliest date: 1470Gregorian
Timestamp+1470-01-01T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision1 year
Before0
After0
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1470 and 1479? / qualifier
latest date: 1479Gregorian
Timestamp+1479-12-31T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision1 year
Before0
After0
 
Property / production place as recorded
France]
 
Property / production place as recorded: France] / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / production place as recorded: France] / qualifier
 
Property / physical description
Extent: 1 roll (16 membranes) : parchment, ill. ; 10380 x 505 mm
 
Property / physical description: Extent: 1 roll (16 membranes) : parchment, ill. ; 10380 x 505 mm / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / material as recorded
parchment, ill.
 
Property / material as recorded: parchment, ill. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / material as recorded: parchment, ill. / qualifier
 
Property / note
Ms. roll.
 
Property / note: Ms. roll. / rank
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Property / note
In French.
 
Property / note: In French. / rank
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Property / note
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
 
Property / note: Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. / rank
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Property / note
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...
 
Property / note: 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... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
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...
 
Property / note: 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... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
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).
 
Property / note: 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). / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
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.
 
Property / note: 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. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Script: Written in a gothic cursive script in brown ink. Rubrics and captions sometimes in slightly smaller script.
 
Property / note: Script: Written in a gothic cursive script in brown ink. Rubrics and captions sometimes in slightly smaller script. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
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...
 
Property / note: 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... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
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.
 
Property / note: 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. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Origin: Produced in France ca. 1470s.
 
Property / note: Origin: Produced in France ca. 1470s. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
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...
 
Property / note: 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... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by the Boston Public Library in March 1903 from Sydney Cockerell.
 
Property / note: Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by the Boston Public Library in March 1903 from Sydney Cockerell. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Call number: MS pb Med.32.
 
Property / note: Call number: MS pb Med.32. / rank
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Property / note
Former call number: G.Cab.3.31.
 
Property / note: Former call number: G.Cab.3.31. / rank
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Property / note
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...
 
Property / note: 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... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Consult description by Lisa Fagin Davis for further information.
 
Property / note: Consult description by Lisa Fagin Davis for further information. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / date last updated
28 November 2023
Timestamp+2023-11-28T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision1 day
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After0
 
Property / date last updated: 28 November 2023 / rank
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Property / IIIF manifest
 
Property / IIIF manifest: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/np193j76j/manifest / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / title as recorded
 
Chronique anonyme universelle].
Property / title as recorded: Chronique anonyme universelle]. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / associated name as recorded
 
Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855
Property / associated name as recorded: Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / associated name as recorded: Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded
 
Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878
Property / associated name as recorded: Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / associated name as recorded: Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded
 
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962
Property / associated name as recorded: Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / associated name as recorded: Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962 / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Manuscripts, French--France
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, French--France / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, French--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, French--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Manuscripts, Medieval--France
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--France / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Scrolls
Property / genre as recorded: Scrolls / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Scrolls / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Inscriptions
Property / genre as recorded: Inscriptions / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Inscriptions / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Illuminations
Property / genre as recorded: Illuminations / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Illuminations / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Digital images
Property / genre as recorded: Digital images / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Digital images / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Gothic scripts
Property / genre as recorded: Gothic scripts / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Gothic scripts / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
 
World history--Early works to 1800
Property / subject as recorded: World history--Early works to 1800 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / subject as recorded: World history--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: World history--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
 
Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
 
France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800
Property / subject as recorded: France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / subject as recorded: France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
 
Genealogy in the Bible--Early works to 1800
Property / subject as recorded: Genealogy in the Bible--Early works to 1800 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / subject as recorded: Genealogy in the Bible--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: Genealogy in the Bible--Early works to 1800 / qualifier
 
Property / language as recorded
 
fre
Property / language as recorded: fre / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / language as recorded: fre / qualifier
 
Property / production date as recorded
 
between 1470 and 1479?
Property / production date as recorded: between 1470 and 1479? / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / production date as recorded: between 1470 and 1479? / qualifier
 
century: 15. century
Timestamp+1401-01-01T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision100 years
Before0
After0
Property / production date as recorded: between 1470 and 1479? / qualifier
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1470 and 1479? / qualifier
 
earliest date: 1470Gregorian
Timestamp+1470-01-01T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision1 year
Before0
After0
Property / production date as recorded: between 1470 and 1479? / qualifier
 
latest date: 1479Gregorian
Timestamp+1479-12-31T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision1 year
Before0
After0
Property / production place as recorded
 
France]
Property / production place as recorded: France] / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / production place as recorded: France] / qualifier
 
Property / physical description
 
Extent: 1 roll (16 membranes) : parchment, ill. ; 10380 x 505 mm
Property / physical description: Extent: 1 roll (16 membranes) : parchment, ill. ; 10380 x 505 mm / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / material as recorded
 
parchment, ill.
Property / material as recorded: parchment, ill. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / material as recorded: parchment, ill. / qualifier
 
Property / note
 
Ms. roll.
Property / note: Ms. roll. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
In French.
Property / note: In French. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Property / note: Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
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...
Property / note: 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... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
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...
Property / note: 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... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
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).
Property / note: 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). / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
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.
Property / note: 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. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Script: Written in a gothic cursive script in brown ink. Rubrics and captions sometimes in slightly smaller script.
Property / note: Script: Written in a gothic cursive script in brown ink. Rubrics and captions sometimes in slightly smaller script. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
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...
Property / note: 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... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
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.
Property / note: 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. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Origin: Produced in France ca. 1470s.
Property / note: Origin: Produced in France ca. 1470s. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
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...
Property / note: 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... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by the Boston Public Library in March 1903 from Sydney Cockerell.
Property / note: Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by the Boston Public Library in March 1903 from Sydney Cockerell. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Call number: MS pb Med.32.
Property / note: Call number: MS pb Med.32. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Former call number: G.Cab.3.31.
Property / note: Former call number: G.Cab.3.31. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
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...
Property / note: 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... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Consult description by Lisa Fagin Davis for further information.
Property / note: Consult description by Lisa Fagin Davis for further information. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / date last updated
 
4 December 2023
Timestamp+2023-12-04T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision1 day
Before0
After0
Property / date last updated: 4 December 2023 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / IIIF manifest
 
Property / IIIF manifest: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/np193j76j/manifest / rank
 
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Property / dated
 
Property / dated: Non-dated / rank
 
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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)
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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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    Chronique anonyme universelle].
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    Manuscripts, French--France
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    Manuscripts, Medieval--France
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    World history--Early works to 1800
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    Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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    France--Kings and rulers--Genealogy--Early works to 1800
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    Genealogy in the Bible--Early works to 1800
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    between 1470 and 1479?
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    Extent: 1 roll (16 membranes) : parchment, ill. ; 10380 x 505 mm
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    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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    4 December 2023
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