L'Abuzé en court; Georges Chastellain, Le Temple de Boccace
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Description
- Title
- L'Abuzé en court; Georges Chastellain, Le Temple de Boccace
- Contributor
- Margaret,--of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England,--1430-1482
- Published / Created
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Publication Place
- France,
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper, composed of two parts. Part I: L'Abuzé en court, a satire on court life in the form of a dialogue, in verse and prose. Part II: Georges Chastellain (c. 1415-1475), Le Temple de Boccace, a continuation to Boccaccio's De casibus virorum illustrium, dedicated to Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England and daughter of René of Anjou (1429/1430-1482), composed 1465.
- Description
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Binding: Eighteenth century. Calfskin over cardboard, the covers simply decorated with a frame of triple blind-tooled fillets. Gold-tooled spine with five raised bands and black leather label with gold-tooled title “LA BUSE / EN / COURT”. Marbled paper endleaves. The two first flyleaves at the end of the book are of the same paper as section I.
Part I: Paragraph marks in red. Headings underlined in red. Majuscules heightened in yellow. Red plain initials (2 lines, on f. 1r 3 lines). Spaces for pictures (mostly half-page to three-quarter page) were provided but not executed. Part II: Headings and paragraph marks in red. Red plain initials (2-4 lines). A small picture (height: 7 lines) was provided but not executed on the first page (f. 68r).
Script: Each part written by a single scribe, both writing Gothica Cursiva Formata (Bastarda).
The modern pencil foliation is erroneous, as it has successively ff. 36, 37, 36 bis, 38.
Watermark: Part I: a letter Y surmounted by a cross, var. Briquet 9183?. Part II: Watermark: mermaid, var. Briquet 13858-13859?. - Extent
- ff. ii + 119 + iii : paper ; 265 x 190 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 776
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
- Manuscripts
- Material
- paper
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name)
- Margaret,--of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England,--1430-1482
- Subject (Topic)
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French literature--To 1500
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Satire, French
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- L'Abuzé en Court; Georges Chastellain, Le Temple de Boccace. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9868786
- Object ID (OID)
- 10932380
- More Information
- https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/MS776.pdf
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