Le testament; Raoul de Houdenc, Le Songe d'Enfer
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Description
- Title
- Le testament; Raoul de Houdenc, Le Songe d'Enfer
- Creator
- Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305
- Published / Created
- [between 1300 and 1350]
- Publication Place
- Northern France
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment (low quality) of 1) Jean de Meun (ca. 1240, d. before 1305), Le Testament. 2) Raoul de Houdenc (ca. 1170-ca. 1230), Le Songe d'Enfer (La Voie d'Enfer), 1-672. At least 6 verses are missing at the end; they were probably written on a leaf now missing after f. 18.
- Description
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In French.
Script: Copied by one hand in a rather uneven Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria, marked by many fusions.
The opening letters of all verses are heightened in red; in art. 1 the first verse of each quatrain except the first one opens with a 1-line plain red initial. Art. 1 opens with a 3-line plain red initial, art. 2 with a 2-line one. All initials are executed over guide-letters.
The codex is badly trimmed, causing the loss of letters at the end of verses.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Half brown leather over pasteboard, the boards covered with red paper. On the spine a black leather label with the gold-tooled title "CODICILLE / I. DE MEUN" and a green circular paper label with the handwritten shelfmark "301". - Provenance
- Purchased in 1989 (?) from Laurence Witten on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
- Extent
- ff. i + 18 + i : 215 x 165 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 703
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305.
Raoul, de Houdenc, approximately 1165-approximately 1230. - Subject (Topic)
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French literature
French poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305
Raoul, de Houdenc, approximately 1165-approximately 1230
French literature > To 1500
French poetry > To 1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
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
- Jean de Meun, Le Testament. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9650871
- Object ID (OID)
- 9998994
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