(Q9321)
Statements
Liber fortunae.
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Christian poetry, French--15th century
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[1450?]
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 98 leaves : paper ; 174 x 125 (128-136 x 67-80) mm bound to 178 x 127 mm
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Page 1-192: "[prologue beginning is damaged; text] En l'an de l'incarnacion Que Jhesus suffrit passion ... Et dont me vint si grant merveille Atant fut jour et je m'esveille. [rubr.] Deo gracias explicit libro fortune."
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Origin: Written in central France in the middle of the 15th century (Grigsby).
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Title from explicit (p. 192).
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Ms. codex.
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Watermark: Letter N topped with a cross resembles the mark of paper made in Dijon as early as 1390 (Briquet, vol. 3, watermark no. (N)8427, similar to watermarks on paper manufactured at Pisa, Rodez, Toulouse, and Turin).
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Pagination: Paper, xii (modern paper) + 98 + xii (modern paper); 1-2¹⁶, 3¹⁸, 4-6¹⁶; 1-51, 50-83, 82-192; near contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners. Catchwords on last verso of each gathering.
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Layout: Written in 21-27 long lines; ruled in drypoint.
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Script: Written in a cursive bastarda hand (Grigsby).
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Decoration: 2-line initials in red ink, decorations in red and yellow ink on initials and flourishes.
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Binding: 18th-century calf stamped with coat of arms and decorated with gold.
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Coat of arms of the Vicomte de Villiers du Terrage on binding (Grigsby).
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Sold by Laurence Witten, 1955.
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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