London, British Library, Royal 16 G VII
LES ANCIENNES HYSTOIRES Rommaines
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General information
| Folios | 3901 frontend papers2 backend papers |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | ?1370 to 1380 |
| Date notes | Oltrogge 1989, 271. |
| Place(s) of production | Paris |
| Table of contents | There are separate tables of contents for the Histoire ancienne and Li Fait des Romains. |
| First words of second recto folio | |
| First words of last recto folio | |
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Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
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Physical description
| No. of illustrations: | 67 |
| General illustration: | This MS has two half-page illustrations at the opening of the Histoire ancienne and the Faits des Romains, and 65 miniatures; see Oltrogge 1989, 272-3 for details. |
| General decoration: | Historiated initials and some decorated borders. |
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Mise en page
| Description 1 | |
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| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 450x267 (mm) |
| Justification | 280x182 (mm) |
| Columns | 215mm between columns |
| Lines | 52 |
| Rubrication | Chapters are rubricated. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
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Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (3) |
| Script | Script object (6) |
| Folio range | From 1 to 390 |
| Date | ?1370 to 1380 |
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