La destruction de Troye ... etc.. (DS1572) (Q9126)
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- Istoire de la destruction de Troye la grant
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| English | La destruction de Troye ... etc.. (DS1572) |
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Istoire de la destruction de Troye la grant
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Milet, Jacques, approximately 1425-1466
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Churchill, Robert
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Mystery plays
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To 1500
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Jesus Christ--Passion--Drama--Early works to 1800
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Troy (Extinct city)--Legends--Early works to 1800
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Mysteries and miracle-plays, French
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[after 1450]
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 487 leaves : paper ; 297 x 207 (215 x 140) mm bound to 310 x 213 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Spine title: Bernard of Clairvaux.
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Title for first work from heading (f. 1r).
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Incipit: Cy comance Les lamentacions Saint Bernard.
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Title and attribution for second work from rubric following prologue: Cy aupres se sensuit la destruction de Troye translatee de latin en francoys mise par personnaiges par Maistre Jacques Millet estudiant en loys à Orleans l'an mil cccc et l" (f. 13v).
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Title for third work from f. 449v; incipit: [A] la louenge Dieu de la Vierge souveraine de tous sains et de toutes sainctes et a la request de tres excellante et redoubte dame et puissant princesse dame Ysabel de Baviere reyne de France j'ai translate ceste Passion ... l'an de grace mil troys cens quatre vingtz et dishuit ... (f. 450r).
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Date of composition of third work is 1398. La destruction de Troye, the second work, was composed 1450-1453, with the date of 1450 given at the end of the prologue (f. 13v).
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Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 487 + i (modern paper); [1-487]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
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Origin: Written in France after 1450 (Zacour-Hirsch).
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Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand.
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Decoration: Red used for some initials, with occasional decorations of faces and flourishes; capitals touched with yellow.
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Binding: Modern half leather over original boards, both covers detached.
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Layout: Written in 34 long lines; ruled in drypoint.
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Appears in Maggs Bros. catalog 816 (1954), no. 151.
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Formerly owned by Robert Churchill (inscription, flyleaf i recto).
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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