New York, Morgan Library & Museum, M 516

Histoire universelle et faits des Romans

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General information

Folios420
LanguageLanguage object (3)
Approx. date?1390 to 1400
Date notesDate taken from Pierpont Morgan on-line catalogue.
Place(s) of productionCentral France
Information taken from Jung 1996, 345 and library catalogue
Table of contents
First words of second recto folio
First words of last recto folio
Incipit
Explicit

Material

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Physical description

No. of illustrations:28
General illustration:2 half-page miniatures, one in four divisions; one large miniature and 26 smaller miniatures.
General decoration:Some decorative borders
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Mise en page

Description 1
Page sampled
LayoutMSLayout object (3)
Page dimensions420x290 (mm)
Justification (mm)
Columns2
mm between columns
Lines48
RubricationRubrication at the beginning of chapters and sections
Writing above top line?False
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Hand(s)

Level of Execution:Execution object (3)
ScriptScript object (7)
Folio rangeFrom 1 to 420
Date?1390 to 1400
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