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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 254

Livre de la destruction de Troyes

General information

Folios171
Folio notes:The first and last three folios have been left blank.
LanguageLanguage object (3)
Approx. date31-7-1467
Date notesJung 1996, 546 and colophon on 168v: 'Finy d'escripre le derrenier jour de juillet iiij.c lxvij. par moy Richart le Grant'.
Place(s) of productionCentral France
Table of contents
First words of second recto folio
First words of last recto folio
Incipit
ExplicitSee Jung 1996, 546 for colophon on 168v: 'Finy d'escripre le derrenier jour de juillet iiij.c lxvij. par moy Richart le Grant'. 

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Physical description

No. of illustrations:107
General illustration:83 of the illustrations are in the Troy section; two thirds of the illustrations have the width of two columns. An illustration precedes each of the Heroides (Jung 1996, 548-9).
General decoration:Some folios have elaborate foliate borders.
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Mise en page

Description 1
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LayoutMSLayout object (3)
Page dimensions389x291 (mm)
Justification273x199 (mm)
Columns2
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Lines48
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Writing above top line?False
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ScriptScript object (9)
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Provenance

Description2v has an inscription 'dame Anne de Graville de la succession de feu monseigneur l'admiral vc xviij; Anne's coat of arms figures at a number of points in the manuscript, for example 30v, 42v, 51r. This inscription indicates the book had previously belonged to her father, Louis de Graville (1438-1516).
Datec. 1516
PlacePlace object (1)
OwnershipPerson object (46)
DescriptionScribe identities himself as Richart le Grant and dates the completion of his work as copyist.
Date31-7-1467
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