(Q47729)
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Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230
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Ménars, Jean Jacques Charron, marquis de, 1643-1718
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Medlicott, William Gibbons, 1816-1883
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Soubise, Charles de Rohan, prince de, 1715-1787
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Thou, Jacques-Auguste de, 1553-1617
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Turner, Dawson W. 1815-1885
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Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1300-1350
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ca. 1350
14. century
1350Gregorian
1350Gregorian
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Extent: 152 leaves, bound : vellum : 24 cm.
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Manuscript, in an unidentified hand.
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Page dimensions 23 x 16 cm., ruled for 2 columns of 36 lines.
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In a gothic bookhand.
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Illumination (f. 1) consists of one decorated initial, one small repainted illumination and simple U-bar border; colored initials throughout.
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Incipit: Maintes gens quident que en songes / Nait se fables non et mençongnes.
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Manuscript observations on front flyleaf by Sir Francis Palgrave, Dec. 1842.
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In a brown calf binding with the Soubise armorial emblems on spine.
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In a protective tray case, 25.5 cm.
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Belonged ca. 1600 to Jacques-Auguste de Thou, according to manuscript note on front flyleaf by Dawson Turner; and ca. 1700 to Jean Jacques Charron, marquis de Ménars. Prince de Rohan-Soubise sale (Paris, 1789, probably no. 4941); sold in 1814 by Nepveu of Paris to Dawson Turner; his sale (London, 6 June 1859, no. 402) to Lilly. Sale by Quaritch, Gen. cat., 1874, no. 139; William G. Medlicott...
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Purchased with the Bequest of Mrs. Anna E. P. Sever of Boston, widow of Col. James Warren Sever (class of 1817), 1878.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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