General
| Library: | British Library |
| Sheflmark: | Additional 25884 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | sgaunt, dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Late Victorian black leather binding with some gold tooling. |
| Date : | c. 1900 |
| Title on binding: | HISTOIRE UNIVERSELLE |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (3): | |
| End papers (1): |
Bibliography
| Reference | , Die Illustrationszyklen zur 'Histoire ancienne jusqu’à César' (1250-1400) (Frankfurt and New York: Peter Lang, 1989) |
| Notes | pp. 269-71 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| ?1380 to 1400 | Paris |
MS Part Library: British Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Additional 25884 |
| MS Part Title: | |
| Ms Part Folios: | 385 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Good condition throughout. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1380 to 1400 |
| Notes: | Jung 1996, 342. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (3) |
| Folio(s): | From 1 to 385 |
| Date(s): | ?1380 to 1400 |
| Scribe description: | A clear cursive script with the tails of 'f' and straight 's' extending below the base line. Almost no abbreviations. Frequent use of 'y'. |
Folios: 1 - 385
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1r - 82v
(§00-00) Genesis special version with repetition of the Tower of Babel episode and the history of the Jews (Common redaction)
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82v - 86r
(§1-22) Orient I (Common redaction)
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86r - 104r
(§23-125) Thebes (Common redaction)
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104r - 108r
(§126-147) Greeks and Amazons (Common redaction)
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108v - 133v
(§00-00) Troy mixed redaction (Common redaction)
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134r - 151v
(§1-57) Eneas (Common redaction)
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152r - 165r
(§00-00) Heroides (Second redaction)
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166r - 181v
(§00-00) Rome I (Common redaction)
Includes:
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181v - 199v
(§00-00) Orient II (Common redaction)
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199v - 229v
(§00-00) Alexander (Common redaction)
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229v - 317v
(§00-00) Rome II (Common redaction)
Includes:
- On the importance of money (Prose) from folio 241v to 241v,
- On the vanity of grief (Prose) from folio 243r to 243r,
- One should fear death when one has not lived well (Prose) from folio 249v to 250r
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (16) 316r
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318r - 373v
(§00-00) Conquest of France by Caesar (Common redaction)
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373v - 383r
(§00-00) History of the Roman emperors translated from Livy (N/A)
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383r - 385v
(§00-00) Des edifices de Rome (N/A)
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