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La Fleur des histoires

Title
La Fleur des histoires / Jean Mansel.
Author
Mansel, Jean.
Publication
Hainaut?, France, approximately 1480..

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. MS. 79Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 79.
Description
211 leaves, bound : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 264 x 193 mm
Subject
  • Manuscripts > France > 15th century
  • World history > Early works to 1800
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts
  • Manuscripts, French > New York (State) > New York
  • Manuscripts, French
  • World history
Genre/Form
  • Manuscripts – France – 15th century.
  • vellum (parchment)
  • Early works.
  • illuminated manuscripts.
  • Illuminated initials (layout features)
  • History.
  • Morocco bindings (Binding) – 18th century.
  • Gilt edges (Binding)
  • bastarda.
  • Gold-tooled bindings (gathered matter components.
Note
  • Layout: Written in 30 long lines per page.
  • Decoration: 37 half-page miniatures in grisaille of an original 38 (one apparently missing after f. 73). Large gold initials on blue and pink fields.
  • 20 of the 37 miniatures are based entirely or partially on engravings by Israhel van Mechenem.
  • Script: Bâtarde.
  • Of the two redactions of Mansel's text, the present copy represents an extract from the second and longer version, i.e. the piece of its Book 3 that treats of Christ, Mary and the Apostles (omitting the rest of Book 3 about the saints and moral exempla).
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)
  • New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list
Cite As (note)
  • NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 79
Language (note)
  • In French.
Provenance (note)
  • Jeanne de Maille'-Breze', s. XVII; armorial bookplate of Nicholas Joseph Foucault; Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler; Maggs Cat. No. 128 (ca. 1930), Reicher Cat. No. 111 (ca. 1940).
Binding (note)
  • Bound in 18th century French calf over pasteboard, gilt.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 79
OCLC
1344304382
Author
Mansel, Jean.
Title
La Fleur des histoires / Jean Mansel.
Imprint
Hainaut?, France, approximately 1480..
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. 86.
New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 902.
Cite As:
NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 79
Language
In French.
Provenance
Jeanne de Maille'-Breze', s. XVII; armorial bookplate of Nicholas Joseph Foucault; Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler; Maggs Cat. No. 128 (ca. 1930), Reicher Cat. No. 111 (ca. 1940).
Binding
Bound in 18th century French calf over pasteboard, gilt.
Source of description
Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0
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Place of Publication
France Hainaut.
Added Author
New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 79.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 79
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