Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 209
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4553
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis E 209
- Title:
- Les dits moraulx des philosophes
- Place:
- Bourges, France
- Language:
- Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
- Physical Description:
- Extent: iv+75+xlix; 276 x 200 mm bound to 290 x 220 mm; parchment
- Former Owner(s):
- La Vacherie, Pierre de
Amherst, William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, Baron, 1835-1909
Anderdon, Oliver
Morris, Lydia Thompson, 1849-1932
- Note:
- A section of fol. 24 has been cut out and patched with a new piece of parchment, which is coming loose. Some smudging and wear to the borders and miniatures
Binding: Nineteenth-century red velvet with clasps; on the upper cover is the silver escutcheon, crowned, of William Amhert Tyssen-Amherst, Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909)
Layout: One column of thirty-three lines; frame-ruled in red ink; written area: 190 x 140 mm
Script: Bâtarde
Decoration: Twenty large arched miniatures of philosophers appear at the beginnings of chapters, with foliate borders surrounding three quarters of the page (fol. 1r, Sedechias speaking with disciples; fol. 4r, Hermes; fol. 10v, Tac seated, pulling a castle toward him by means of an inscribed band; fol. 12r, Zaqualquin writing his books; fol. 14r, Homer embracing a maiden holding the scales of...
Provenance: Canopy above the philosopher Assaron shows a date: "FAIT LAN MIL CCCC LXXIII I APVRIL" (fol. 58v); the band held by the philosopher Tac is inscribed, though mostly illegible: the last word is "Floren[?]" (fol. 10v); Pierre de la Vacherie, secretary of Louis XI of France (ca. 1473; owner inscription, Pierre de la Vacherye Secretaire du Roy, fol. 15r); Mr. Meyrick ( sold June 1806... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_209.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_209/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
