(Q9549)
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Roman de la rose
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Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230
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Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878
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To 1500
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[after 1474]
15. century
1474Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 342 leaves : paper ; 302 x 210 (192 x 90) mm bound to 310 x 216 mm
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Verses 64-73 pasted on f. [ii] recto in contemporary hand; some marginalia trimmed and lost.
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Origin: Written in France after 1474, based on primary watermark.
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Title from flyleaf, in a later hand.
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Ms. codex.
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Collation: Paper, 342; 1-18¹⁶ 19¹⁸ 20-22¹⁶; [ii], 1-317, 319-340, [i]; misnumbered at 318, no loss of text. Foliation and line numbering in a later hand. Signatures at bottom right; catchwords at bottom center, often cropped.
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Layout: Written in 31-37 long lines; text block boundaries ruled in drypoint.
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Script: Written in Gothic cursive, with the first words or first line at the beginning of sections in bâtarde script; f. 306-322v (a single gathering) in a second hand.
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Decoration: Many 2- and 3-line initials in red; capital at beginning of each line stroked with yellow; rubrication in red, often with cropped notes for rubrication or illustration barely visible at edge of page; spaces for illumination, approximately 9 lines in height, are frequent at the beginning of the manuscript but disappear in the second half (after f. 171v).
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Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked; wormholes in boards, leather, and text near spine.
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Watermark: Gatherings 1-19, Briquet 1799 (1474); gatherings 20-22 include Briquet 1548 (1463), 1701 (1454), and 1546 (1457).
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Sold by Librairie J. Thiebaud, 1950.
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Sold in the Ashburnham collection at auction at Sotheby's, 10 June 1901, lot 607.
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Signatures: Marcel (inside upper cover); Delaplanches (f. 1r).
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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