(Q43422)
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Works by Gautier de Metz, Jean de Meun, Geoffroi de Paris and Jacobus de Cessolis
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Illuminations (paintings)--France--15th century
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Watermarks--France--15th century
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1410-1415
15. century
1410Gregorian
1415Gregorian
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Extent: ff. i + 278 + i : paper ; 137 x 205 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Paper.
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Script: Gothic; Cursive; Bâtarde; Textura.
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Layout: 1(ff. 1-6 of uncertain structure, beginning defectively and with possibility of missing leaves between ff. 5-6) 216 3-1012 1112(followed by a break of at least one quire since the catchword does not match) 1212 1312(-11, 12; through f. 152) 14-2312 + 6 leaves, presumably the first half of a quire. Catchwords in lower right margin; in a smaller script in the same position or enough...
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Watermark(s): Briquet, Chat 3554; Basilic, not in Briquet; Chat similar to 3559; Ancre similar to 369; Oiseau, not in Briquet; Dauphin, not in Briquet.
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Span folios: ff. 1-278v.
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Other Decoration: Thirteen designs in water colors of various sizes: f. 68v, the universe in concentric circles; f. 70, figures of men and beasts around the circumference of the earth; f. 70v, a hand dropping a stone in a hole drilled through the earth; f. 71v, 3 drawings of the same subject illustrating the force of gravity; f. 73, the earth sectioned into quarters; f. 74, the course of the...
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Written in France, perhaps Troyes (to judge from the paper), between 1410 and 1415 (these dates in the colophons on ff. 186v and 209v).
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Assigned Date: s. XVin.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/21/2012.
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Belonged to the Bridgewater Library; on f. 1, the pressmark "E:8." in the hand of John Egerton (1579-1649), 1st Earl of Bridgewater, corrected to "E:8./2." by the second Earl (1622-86).
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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