Tours, Bibliothèque municipale, 974

liure de oroze (title in explicit)

General information

Folios	253
Language	Language object (3)
Approx. date	c. 1450
Date notes	Based on decoration and script.
Place(s) of production	France
Table of contents	Table of contents on ff. 1r to 10v. The table is preceded by an individual prologue. The table divides the text in ‘quinze liures de cest p(rese)nt uolume’, each subdivided in ‘chapitres’. Each liure is indicated by a blue initial (height: 2 lines), each chapitre with a blue initial (height: 1 line). Chapter numbers after the titulus. On ff. 8v-10v, the decoration has not been completed. Although the table of contents follows the division of the Histoire ancienne closely, it appears as though the text in this MS might have been subject to rewrite. Throughout the text chapters have been added (e.g. an additional chapter on the rise of Rome, next to the original Histoire ancienne one). A more thorough investigation of this copy may reveal additional adaptations (e.g. paragraphs on the Thessalian flood, the fable of Daedalus).
First words of second recto folio	[f. 2ra] Co(m)ment il auoit este nourris  [f. 14r] Ainsi fut destruit le Regne que Ninus /
First words of last recto folio	[f. 253ra] de la cite et aristobolus se mistrent /
Incipit	[f. 1ra] [E]n cestuy liure a quinze liures  / pris et extraiz en abregie / des anciennes hystoires de / puis que la tour de babel fu / premierem(en)t prise par force du roy nynus [f. 13r] (Miniature and initial cut) […] fondee ne / […] (et) trois cens / […] parti / […] querre / […] mena / […] e par / […]t par / …
Explicit	[f. 253va] quil nen estoit nulle qui grant / ment scust greuable par tres / tout le monde . / Explicit le liure de Oroze deo gra(cia)as //

Material

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Condition:	Miniatures have been excised.

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Physical description

General illustration:	Miniatures have been removed. The opening initial / miniature for the Table of Contents has not been completed.
General decoration:	Champ initials (height: 2 lines) preceded by a rubricated titulus.
Evidence of readership:	Annotation on f. 1r C. 974 Majoris monasterij Congregationis Sti Mauri 1716 – Histoire des Assyriens, des Egyptiens, des grecs etc. The table of contents as been heavily annotated in a sixteenth-century hand. The annotations in French continue up to f. 15v, which is the third folio of text. Two folios in between the table and the text have been scribbled.
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Mise en page

Description 1
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Layout	MSLayout object (3)
Page dimensions	375x265 (mm)
Justification	260x192 (mm)
Columns	2 24mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) )
Lines	44 Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) )
Rubrication	Rubricated tituli throughout.
Writing above top line?	False
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Level of Execution:	Execution object (4)
Script	Script object (7)
Folio range	From 1r to 253v
Date	c. 1450
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