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(Q46904)

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title as recorded
Les divines institutions de Lactance Firmian contre les Gentilz et ydolatres, dediées à l'Empereur Constantin le grant
standard title
Divine Institutes
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uniform title as recorded
Divinae institutiones
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associated name as recorded
Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320
role in authority file
Author
name in authority file
Lactantius
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Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547
role in authority file
Former owner
name in authority file
Francis I of France
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instance of
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genre as recorded
Manuscripts, Renaissance--France--1500-1550
term in authority file
Manuscripts, Renaissance
France
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dated
Non-dated
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physical description
Extent: 190 leaves, bound : vellum ; 25 cm.
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note
Fol. 3 is wanting.
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The translation by René Fame (attributed in the printed edition of 1548) was dedicated to Francis I. This is the dedication copy.
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Written in a secretary hand in black ink, with decorated initials and bar-ornaments in color and gold.
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Date from subscription on fol. 190r.
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Early 18th-century binding in green morocco, gilt.
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In a tray case, 28 cm.
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Francis I of France; inscription "Ex dono dominarum de Lasqueuille, 1634" (f. 2r); sold at Sothebys 3 Apr. 1939 (lot 47). Purchased from C. A. Stonehill with the John Harvey Treat fund, 1942.
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date added
23 July 2024
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date last updated
23 July 2024
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