Chroniques de Hainaut
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2002813
Description
- Title
- Chroniques de Hainaut
- Creator
- Baudouin d'Avesnes
- Published / Created
- [between 1300 and 1315]
- Publication Place
- Metz
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of Baudouin d'Avesnes (d. 1289; Lord of Beaumont and son of Margaret of Flanders), Chroniques de Hainaut. Continues to ca. 1131
- Description
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In French.
Script: Written in fine gothic textura. Corrections made over erasures.
One fine historiated initial, 4-line (f. 4r): orange, pink and blue with white filigree; a king seated in conversation with three men, the figures orange, pink, and blue against a ground diapered in gold and blue with crowns in white; on a blue ground with white floral filigree framed in gold; curling vine serifs, red and green, extending into a 3/4 vine border, blue and pink, with red, blue, green and white leaves with some knots and gold cusping; large gold dots; two dogs, one with a bone, in lower margin. Two coats-of-arms in upper and lower margins. One fine calligraphic initial, 5-line, f. 197r, divided red and blue with particolored penwork, red and blue, with flourishes and a cascading column of I's, alternating red and blue and extending 3/4 length of inner margin. 4- to 2-line initials, red or blue, with blue or red penwork, dots and large flourishes, one on f. 4r with a cascading column of I's as above. 1-line initials, red or blue, with penwork, as above. Numerous crude marginal drawings in brown ink. Notes to rubricator, arts. 1 and 3.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Diced brown calf over heavy wooden boards which are possibly original. - Provenance
- Acquired from H. P. Kraus in 1958 by Thomas E. Marston, who gave it to Yale in 1962.
- Extent
- ff. 372 + ii : 450 x 310 (301 x 205) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 339
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval Belgium 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven.
Hainaut (Belgium) - Subject (Name)
- Baudouin d'Avesnes.
- Subject (Topic)
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French literature
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Baudouin d'Avesnes
French literature > To 1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Hainaut (Belgium)
Belgium > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
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
- Baudouin d'Avesnes, Chroniques de Hainaut. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 9786467
- Object ID (OID)
- 2002813
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