Le testament maistre Jehan de Mehun (DS10737) (Q46313)

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Le testament maistre Jehan de Mehun (DS10737)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990101031890203941, MS Typ 749, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990101031890203941/catalog)

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    Le testament maistre Jehan de Mehun
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    Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1350-1400
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    Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1400-1450
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    Extent: 81 leaves, bound : vellum ; 28 cm.
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    Written in littera bastarda with many flourishes, in brownish ink in 24 long lines to a page, possibly by Nicolas Flamel. Small initial letters of each verse are in gold and colors. Ff. 2r, 47r have larger initials with foliate decoration in gold and colors.
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    "Ce livre est a Jehan..." - f. 1r, some following words being erased. On ff. 46r and 80v, the word "Royne" has been erased. Probably the ms. was written for Joanna of Navarre (ca. 1370-1437).
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    Bound in 19th-century blind-tooled brown morocco, edges gilt, by Trautz-Bauzonnet.
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    Inside the front board are notes in the hand of Sydney Cockerell concerning the provenance of the ms.
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    Thomas, Lord Fairfax ("Thomas" on front flyleaf, erased); Richard Heber (his sale, Feb. 1836, lot 1114); William Morris (bought at Sothebys 14 Dec. 1894, lot 792; then his sale, Sothebys, 10 Dec. 1898, lot 792); Henry Yates Thompson (his catalogue, vol. 2 no. 82); Sir Sydney Cockerell (his sale, 3 Apr. 1957, lot 9).
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    Bequest of Philip Hofer, 1984.
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    23 July 2024
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    23 July 2024
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