New York, Morgan Library & Museum, M 212
Le livre dorose
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General information
| Folios | 2112 frontend papers2 backend papers |
| Folio notes: | Pierpont Morgan Library on-line catalogue. |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | c. 1440 |
| Date notes | Pierpont Morgan Library on-line catalogue. |
| Place(s) of production | Northern FranceJung 1996, 344-5. |
| First words of second recto folio | ay dit mist |
| First words of last recto folio | metenant se rendirent |
| Incipit | |
| Explicit | f. 228 ra: por ses demerite pouait estre dampnee / et pria por luj si quil fu saulue par / sa priere Mout est noble en prince et / meritore la vertu de justice mise toute / voies a bonne execution |
Related MS
| The two volumes were conceived as part of a set. The table of contents at the end of volume 2 covers both volumes. | |
| RelationshipType object (6) | Manuscript object (552) |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | good condition and in good state of conservation |
Structure
| Collation: | |
| Quire structure: | |
| Quire marks: | |
| Catchwords: | centred on the verso at the close of each quire except for 192v, 200v, and 208v |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (6) |
Physical description
| No. of illustrations: | 42 |
| General illustration: | 1 two-column miniature (1r), 31 single column miniatures, many available on the library website, see digitisation link. |
| General decoration: | 1 continuous floral border (1r); numerous 4-6 line decorated and/ or historiated initials, often with borders extending to floral panels in top or bottom margins. |
| Evidence of readership: | |
| Foliations description: | |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | |
| Page sampled | 36v |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 396x292 (mm) |
| Justification | 272x197 (mm) |
| Columns | 223mm between columns |
| Lines | 49 to 50 |
| Rubrication | Rubrication of chapters is present throughout. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (3) |
| Script | Script object (7) |
| Folio range | From 1 to 160 |
| Date | c. 1440 |
| Scribe description: | |
| Notes | |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (3) |
| Script | Script object (7) |
| Folio range | From 161 to 184 |
| Date | c. 1440 |
| Scribe description: | |
| Notes | |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (3) |
| Script | Script object (7) |
| Folio range | From 185 to 211 |
| Date | c. 1440 |
| Scribe description: | |
| Notes | |
Provenance
| Description | The arms of Jean de Créquy (d. 1474) occur in several initials, starting with folio 1r. | |
| Date | c. 1460 | |
| Place | Place object (121) | |
| Ownership | Person object (69) | |