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1. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 79.

Description

1. 211 leaves, bound : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 264 x 193 mm

Subject

1. Manuscripts > France > 15th century
2. World history > Early works to 1800
3. Illumination of books and manuscripts
4. Manuscripts, French > New York (State) > New York
5. Manuscripts, French
6. World history

Genre/Form

1. Manuscripts – France – 15th century.
2. vellum (parchment)
3. Early works.
4. illuminated manuscripts.
5. Illuminated initials (layout features)
6. History.
7. Morocco bindings (Binding) – 18th century.
8. Gilt edges (Binding)
9. bastarda.
10. Gold-tooled bindings (gathered matter components.

Call number

1. Spencer Coll. MS. 79

Note

1. Layout: Written in 30 long lines per page.
2. Decoration: 37 half-page miniatures in grisaille of an original 38 (one apparently missing after f. 73). Large gold initials on blue and pink fields.
3. 20 of the 37 miniatures are based entirely or partially on engravings by Israhel van Mechenem.
4. Script: Bâtarde.
5. Of the two redactions of Mansel's text, the present copy represents an extract from the second and longer version, i.e. the piece of its Book 3 that treats of Christ, Mary and the Apostles (omitting the rest of Book 3 about the saints and moral exempla).

Access (note)

1. Restricted use.

Indexed in (note)

1. The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
2. New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list

Cite as (note)

1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 79

Language (note)

1. In French.

Provenance (note)

1. Jeanne de Maille'-Breze', s. XVII; armorial bookplate of Nicholas Joseph Foucault; Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler; Maggs Cat. No. 128 (ca. 1930), Reicher Cat. No. 111 (ca. 1940).

Binding (note)

1. Bound in 18th century French calf over pasteboard, gilt.

Author

1. Mansel, Jean.

Title

1. La Fleur des histoires / Jean Mansel.

Imprint

1. Hainaut?, France, approximately 1480..

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Access

1. Restricted use. Requires permission for access.

Indexed in:

1. The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 86.
2. New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 902.

Cite as:

1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 79

Language

1. In French.

Provenance

1. Jeanne de Maille'-Breze', s. XVII; armorial bookplate of Nicholas Joseph Foucault; Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler; Maggs Cat. No. 128 (ca. 1930), Reicher Cat. No. 111 (ca. 1940).

Binding

1. Bound in 18th century French calf over pasteboard, gilt.

Source of description

1. Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. France Hainaut.

Added author

1. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 79.

Research call number

1. Spencer Coll. MS. 79