Manuscript on paper of eight miracle plays celebrating the life and miracles of St. Nicholas in French verse, with headings and stage directions in Latin
Description:
In French and Latin., Watermark: Crescent, var. Briquet 5175 (1393-1520; the papers recorded by Briquet were used in Geneva, Fribourg and Grandson)., Script: Copied by two scribes writing Gothica Cursiva Currens: A copied ff. 1r-17v; B, writing a larger and more coarse script, copied ff. 18r-25v., There is no decoration., and Binding: Undecorated original limp parchment binding. At the top of the rear cover the handwritten contemporary title: “Papirus ludi sancti Nycholay Peialbi?? (Petri Albi = Aubepierre-sur-Aube?)”. On the inner side of the cover is a Latin notarial document on parchment, dated 24 November 1371.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Nicholas, Saint, Bp. of Myra.
Subject (Topic):
French poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mysteries and miracle-plays
