(Q46904)

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Les divines institutions de Lactance Firmian contre les Gentilz et ydolatres, dediées à l'Empereur Constantin le grant
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Divinae institutiones
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Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--France--1500-1550
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Extent: 190 leaves, bound : vellum ; 25 cm.
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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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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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