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Les voeux du Paon.

Title
Les voeux du Paon.
Author
Jacques, de Longuyon, active 1290-1312.
Publication
France, probably Belgium, approximately 1350.

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Additional Authors
  • Heytesbury, William, active 1340.
  • New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 9.
Description
53 leaves, bound : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 310 x 200 mm
Alternative Title
Ces sont les veaux de paon dont la matire est d'armes et d'amor
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Manuscripts – France – 13th century.
  • Manuscripts – England – 13th century.
  • vellum (parchment)
  • Early works.
  • Miniatures (Illuminations) – France – 14th century.
  • illuminated manuscripts.
  • Morocco bindings (Binding) – United States – 1921.
Note
  • Composed ca. 1310, possibly at the instigation of Thiebaut de Bar, Bishop of Liege, to whom it is dedicated--a late addition to the Alexander cycle, adding two features: the vow on the bird, and the theme of the Nine Worthies.
  • First and last pages are modern brown endpapers. The other six added leaves are old vellum additions, containing various unidentified texts.
  • Layout: Written in two columns, 42 lines per page in two columns. Ruled in drypoint, some prickmarks and catchwords visible. One quire of seven leaves, followed by four quires of eight apiece and two quires of six apiece.
  • Decoration: 81 miniatures with orange-red or mauve background, all but one oblong, drawn in pen. 6-line and 3-line initials in blue with red penwork.
  • f. iii r-v (front); ff. i-ii verso (back) the text of William Heytesbury, Sophismata, is included. Also, ff. i-ii verso and iv verso, signatures, coat of arms and grammatical texts in Latin; 4 lines of verse in Welsh (f. i verso); f. iv recto, a veterinary text in English.
Access (note)
  • Restricted use.
Indexed In (note)
  • The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
  • Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937)
Cite As (note)
  • NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 9
Language (note)
  • In French, Latin, English and Welsh.
Provenance (note)
  • Arundell (ca. 1500); George Manners; Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt; William Maurice; John Owen; Thomas Johns escuier; Pargner de Wythley; Roos; Griffith Wynne; Lord Mostyn (sale, 1920); G. Wells; Sir Thomas Phillipps (Sotheby's, 30 Nov. 1965 pp. 45-8).
Binding (note)
  • Original oak boards (stripped), cased in brown morocco by the French Binders (Garden City), in 1921.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 9
OCLC
1336941116
Author
Jacques, de Longuyon, active 1290-1312.
Title
Les voeux du Paon.
Imprint
France, probably Belgium, approximately 1350.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Access
Restricted use. Requires permission for access.
Indexed In:
The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 90.
Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937), p. 1337, no. 9.
Cite As:
NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 9
Language
In French, Latin, English and Welsh.
Provenance
Arundell (ca. 1500); George Manners; Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt; William Maurice; John Owen; Thomas Johns escuier; Pargner de Wythley; Roos; Griffith Wynne; Lord Mostyn (sale, 1920); G. Wells; Sir Thomas Phillipps (Sotheby's, 30 Nov. 1965 pp. 45-8).
Binding
Original oak boards (stripped), cased in brown morocco by the French Binders (Garden City), in 1921.
Source of description
Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.
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Added Author
Heytesbury, William, active 1340. On "insoluble" sentences.
New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 9.
Other Title
Ces sont les veaux de paon dont la matire est d'armes et d'amor
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 9
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