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[Regulations for mills and bakeries]

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3hh16
Title: [Regulations for mills and bakeries]
Name: Cruchon, Louis
Date: 1518
Collection: Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Codices, Legal documents, Manuscripts, French, Manuscripts, Renaissance, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Official copies of regulations pertaining to mills and bakeries in Rouen from the 14th century up to 1518. The copies were made at the request of Pierre Tassel, overseer of the Rouen mills (fermier des moulins de la dit ville de Rouen), under the supervision of Louis (Loys) Cruchon, a member of the Rouen parliament, who signed the manuscript repeatedly (f. 9v, 13v, 16r).
Extent: 26 leaves : parchment ; 205 x 150 (134 x 94) mm bound to 213 x 155 mm
Language: French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)
Coverage: Early works to 1800
Note: Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Collation: Parchment, i + 26 + i; 1-2⁸ 3⁶ 4⁴; [1-26], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Link to collation model at end of record., Layout: Written in 18 long lines; frame-ruled in red ink., Script: Written in a semi-batârde script, with contemporary signatures at the end of each section except the last (f. 9v, 13v, 16r), possibly in two hands (f. 1r-16r, 17r-26r)., Decoration: 4-line initial in red (f. 17r); 3-line calligraphic initial (f. 14r); 2-line initial with grotesque face in profile (f. 22r); one rubric in red (f. 10v); line-fillers in red and blue; initials touched with yellow wash., Binding: Contemporary morocco, blind-stamped, lacking spine and clasps., Origin: Written in Rouen, between August (f. 9v) and October (f. 16r) 1518, for Pierre Tassel (f. 9v, 13v, 16r)., Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative., Middle French.
Relation: The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278, Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3hh16, Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs416.html, Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000311, Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/9
Subject: Bakers -- France -- Early works to 1800, Bread -- France -- Early works to 1800, Weights and measures -- France -- Early works to 1800, Weights and measures, Bread, Bakers
Geographic Subject: Rouen (France) -- History, France
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 416
Provenance: Formerly owned by Pierre Tassel (original owner, f. 9v, 13v, 16r) and French chef Raymond Oliver (label, front flyleaf)., Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 5 Dec. 1994, lot 87; handled by Simon Finch Rare Books (London) at some point between Sotheby's and Fogg., Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, April 2001., Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle in honor of Peter Stallybrass, Penn professor and SIMS Advisory Council member, 2011., Tassel, Pierre, former owner., Oliver, Raymond, 1909-1990, former owner., Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9950015663503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3hh16/manifest

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