C'est la Bible hystoriale en franc[ais (DS11022) (Q47168)

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C'est la Bible hystoriale en franc[ais (DS11022)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990098501740203941, MS Typ 555, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098501740203941/catalog)

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    C'est la Bible hystoriale en franc[ais
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    Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1350-1400
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    Bible--History Bibles--France--14th century
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    Extent: 2 v. (293, 274 leaves) : vellum ; 31 cm.
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    The French text is written in a gothic book-hand in brownish and red ink in 2 ruled columns.
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    Vol. 2, ff. 1 (including a miniature on the recto) and 8 are replacement leaves of the 17th century.
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    There are 1 large (vol. 1, f. 1r) and 128 original small miniatures in tempera and gold, by more than one artist, one at least associated with the workshop of the Master of the Livre du Sacre de Charles V.
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    On fol. 273v there is an erased inscription of ownership by king Charles V and the date 1373 (Avril).
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    Title from caption, f. 1r.
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    Date from vol. 2, f. 274
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    Bound in 18th-century red morocco stamped with the arms of Cardinal François Paul de Neufville.
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    In 2 tray cases, 34 cm.
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    Charles V of France; Villars family, archbishops of Vienne, 1576-1693; Gayot de la Regasse, 1697 (inscription on front flyleaf of vol. 1); Maréchal de Villeroy, 1714; Prince Galitzin (his sale, Paris, 1825); Henry Perkins (his sale 3 June 1873); Mr. Benzon; Sheldon Walker; William Augustus White, 1895 (from Quaritch)
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    Gift of the estate of Francis Minot Weld, Jr., 1968.
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    23 July 2024
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    23 July 2024
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