(Q47720)
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Roman de Mandevie; les mélancolies sur les conditions de ce monde
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Engremer, Jehan, active approximately 1450
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1400-1450
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Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1450-1500
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Dupin, Jean, 1302-1372
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French literature--14th century
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ca. 1450.
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 231 leaves, bound : paper ; 20 cm.
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Includes fragments of two vellum deeds used as pastedowns, one dated 1426, the other also 15th century, both relating to Valence.
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19 x 13 cm.; gatherings mostly of 12 leaves (the first two of 8); written in brown ink by a single scribe in cursive lettre bâtarde; initials, paragraph marks, and incipits usually in red; a few penwork drawings of humans, animals, and monstrous heads attached to initials or in margins.
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Watermark: a helmet (Briquet 2901), whose use is recorded at Lorris (Loire) in 1450.
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In early 19th-century French purple boards, gilt title on upper spine and '2849' pasted on lower spine. In a half morocco tray case, 21 cm.
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Formerly Thomas Phillipps (sale, Sotheby's, 30 Nov. 1965, lot 26).
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Gift of Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1983.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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