Newberry Library, VAULT folio Case MS 37.1

Metadata

DS ID:

DS17834

Shelfmark:

VAULT folio Case MS 37.1

Title:

Frossart, Chroniques

Chronicles

Author:

Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?

Scribe:

Caulier, Johannis

Johannis Caulier WIKIDATA

Place:

Flanders

Flanders TGN

Date:

between 1425 and 1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

French

French WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 282 leaves : paper ; 370 x 258 (280 x 170-180) mm

Former Owner(s):

Hamme, Guilielmus van, active 1659

Guilielmus van Hamme WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from printed catalog.
Collation: Paper (watermark, cf. Briquet 2988), fol. 1-8, followed by three unfoliated leaves, fol. 1-127; 112(-1) 2-512 66 7-1012 1114(missing 1 leaf) 1212 1312(missing 1 leaf) 1414 1510 1614 1710 1814 1910 2014 2110 2214 2310 2414(-14); catchwords present.
Layout: fol. 1r-56r: in 60 lines in two columns; fol. 55r-269r: in 41-57 lines in two columns; ruled in hard point and in lead; prickings visible on inner margins.
Script: Written by two scribes: fol.1r-54r in gothic cursiva media; fol. 55r-269r in gothic cursiva media tending to currens.
Decoration: Red initials and line fillers throughout.
Origin: Written in Flanders in the first half of the 15th century after 1425; fol. 55r-269r written by Johannis Caulier (cf. Case MS 37.2).
Bookplate of Cardinal Guilielmus van Hamme, dated 1659.

Keyword:

Gothic cursive

manuscripts (documents)

France--Burgundy

History

France

Kings and rulers

Genealogy

Early works

Hundred Years' War (1339-1453)

Europe

Europe--Flanders

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Institutional Record:

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Holding Institution:

Newberry Library