Fragments from Renaut de Montauban (DS6476) (Q28765)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Western Michigan University (99510008159802436, WMU MS 191)
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Fragments from Renaut de Montauban (DS6476)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Western Michigan University (99510008159802436, WMU MS 191)

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    Fragments from Renaut de Montauban
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    Chansons de geste--Early works to 1800
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    Manuscripts, Medieval--Michigan--Kalamazoo
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    Renaut de Montauban (Chanson de geste)
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    Extent: 2 items : parchment ; fragment 1, 355 x 52 mm., fragment 2, 360 x 49 mm.
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    Title supplied by cataloger.
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    Ms. fragments.
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    Text is not continuous across the fold, indicating that the original bifolium was not the center of its quire. Prickings visible. Holes for the stitching can be seen in the folds of the fragments. The fragments were used as binding material and text is partially unreadable. The first letters of each line are written in capitals, set slightly apart from the line. The text is written in clear...
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    The fragments were used as spine guards recovered from the binding of a sixteenth-century French printed book belonging to the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies in the Hekman Library at Calvin University. The bookbinder who retained the fragments and gave them to Frans Van Liere in 2016. The fragments were later donated to Western Michigan University Libraries Special Collections.
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    2 February 2024
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    2 February 2024
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