La voie de Povreté ou de Richesse (The Way of Poverty or of Wealth) (DS6333) (Q26499)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Widener 1, Widener 1)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | La voie de Povreté ou de Richesse (The Way of Poverty or of Wealth) (DS6333) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Widener 1, Widener 1) |
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La voie de Povreté ou de Richesse (The Way of Poverty or of Wealth)
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Bruyant, Jean, active 14th century
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Fastolf Master, active 1420-1460
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Bedford Master Workshop
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Extent: iii+73+vi; 210 x 145 mm; parchment
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Last sixteen lines of text lacking
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Dated to c. 1430 by E. König (p. 193); formerly dated to c. 1430-1440 (cf. Leaves of Gold, p. 202)
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Descriptions of the images are partially based on Le Livre du Chastel de Labour, par Jean Bruyant: A Description of an Illuminated Manuscript of the Fifteenth Century, Belonging to George C. Thomas, Philadelphia, with a Short Account and Synopsis of the Poem (Philadelphia: 1909)
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Binding: Late 19th or early 20th century, French, red velvet cover boards with silver corner pieces, gilt edges
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Layout: Written area: 113 x 72 mm;1 column of 26 lines, ruled in red ink; 46 half-page miniatures with full foliate borders of the rinceaux type, 1 historiated roundel in margin (fol. 1r) and marginal scenes in border of fol. 61v; decorated 2-line initials throughout; heraldic devices and the motto "Nulle que vous" appearing in some margins
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Script: Bâtarde (Hybrida)
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Decoration: Forty-five large miniatures with rubricated captions; full foliate borders with marginal decoration, including the coat of arms of the Beauville family, and illuminated initials throughout
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Related resource: Leopold Delisle, Catalogue des manuscrits des fonds Libri et Barrois (Paris: H. Champion, 1888), p. 284.
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Related resource: Le Livre du Chastel de Labour, par jean Bruyant: A Description of an Illuminated Manuscript of the Fifteenth Century, Belonging to George C. Thomas, Philadelphia, with a Short Account and Synopsis of the Poem, translation by Francois William Bourdillon (Philadelphia: 1909).
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Related resource: Arthur Långfors, "Jacques Bruyant et son poème La Voie de Povreté ou de Richesse," Romania 45 (1918-1919), pp. 49-83.
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Related resource: De Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York,: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2115, no. 1
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Related resource: Edwin Wolf 2nd ed., Legacies of Genius: A Celebration of Philadelphia Libraries, a Selection of Books, Manuscripts, and Works of Art (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries, 1988), p. 36, no. 3.
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Related resource: Wolf, Edwin, with John F. Fleming, Rosenbach: A Biography (Cleveland and New York: World Publishing, 1960), p. 67.
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Related resource: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Leaves of Gold: Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections, edited by James R. Tanis (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001), pp. 203-205, no. 70.
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Related resource: König, Eberhard and Gabriele Bartz, Das Buch vom erfüllten Leben: Jacques Bruyant, Le Livre du Chastel de Labour, Widener 1, The Free Library of Philadelphia (Lucerne: Faksimile Verlag Luzern, 2005).
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Related resource: Scott, Anne M., "Le Chastel de Labour, La Voie de Povreté ou de Richesse and a Luxury Book, Widener 1, Free Library of Philadelphia," in Anne M. Scott, ed., Experiences of Poverty in Late Medieval and Early Modern England and France (Farnham: Ashgate, 2012), pp. 253-277.
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Related resource: Epurescu-Pascovici, Ionut, "Le Chemin de Povreté et de Richesse and the Late Medieval Social Imaginary," French Historical Studies, 36.1 (2013), pp. 19-50.
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Related resource: Cropp, Glynnis M., La voie de povreté et de richesse (Cambridge: Modern Humanities Research Association, 2016).
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Provenance: Made for the Beuville family, seigneurs de la Seraulté, Normandy (15th century); "Jean Berger", (16th century?); Alisié (bookseller), Paris, 1891; Joseph Baer, Frankfurt, May 1900; George Clifford Thomas, Philadelphia; Ada E. Moorhead Thomas, Philadelphia; P. A. B. Widener, Philadelphia (through A. S. W. Rosenbach, October 19, 1910; Joseph E. Widener, 1915; given to FLP in 1944 by...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Judith Weston
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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5 December 2023
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5 December 2023
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