"Il a été tiré de cet ouvrage cinq exemplaires sur hollande Van Gelder, numérotés de un à cinq, et cent vingt exemplaires sur vergé, numérotés de siz à cent-vingt-cinq"--Colophon. and No. 23.
Publisher:
Les Lèvres Nues
Subject (Name):
Deknop-Kornelis, Evelyn Übers and Willems, Robert Ill
A collection of moralistic sayings, compiled from various authorities, isthe French version of an Arabic work of the 11th century. Guillaume deTignonville (d. 1414) composed the French text from a Latin translationsometime before 1402. and Manuscript on parchment (worn and stained) of a collection of moralistic sayings, compiled from various authorities: the French version of an Arabic work of the 11th century. Guillaume de Tignonville (d. 1414) composed the French text from a Latin translation sometime before 1402. The philosophers represented include (in the order of their appearance): Sedachias, Hermes, Tac, Zalqualquin, Homer, Zalon, Abion, Hippocrates, Pythagoras, Diogenes, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Ptolemy, Assaron, Loguion, Onese, Macdarge, Thesile, St. Gregory, Galen.
Description:
One miniature on f. 1r, 11-line, Ezekiel, Socrates, and Cicero with identifying banderoles, in grisaille with light green and ink washes.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic literature, Conduct of life--Early works to 1800, French literature--To 1500, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Literature, Medieval--Translations, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library