Le recueil des histoires de Troies

Description

Title: Le recueil des histoires de Troies
Creator: Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1500]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Raoul LeFevre, Le Recueil des histoires de Troies. With Author's Prologue to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
Description: In French.
Watermarks: similar in design to Briquet Lettres et Monogrammes 9747.
Script: Written in bold batarde by two scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-125r; Scribe 2) 125r-262r.
On f. 6r, a 4-line initial in red and black, crude. 3- to 1-line plain initials and paragraph marks, in red. Rubrics, sometimes with calligraphic flourishes extending into margins, throughout.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Yellow edges. Blue diced calf, gold-tooled, with red labels.
Provenance: Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 8385). Acquired in 1956 from Hans P. Kraus with income from the Altschul Fund.
Extent: ff. ii + i + 262 + ii : 275 x 205 (189 x 135) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Genre: Legends
Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Troy (Extinct city)
Subject (Name): Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460.
Philip, Duke of Burgundy, 1396-1467.
Subject (Topic): French literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460
Philip, Duke of Burgundy, 1396-1467
French literature > To 1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Troy (Extinct city) > Legends
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Raoul Lefèvre, Le Recueil des Histoires de Troies. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.