So-called Chronicle of Baudouin d'Avesnes

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Title: So-called Chronicle of Baudouin d'Avesnes
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1500].
Publication Place: Northern France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of Chronique de Baudouin d'Avesnes or Trésor des histoires, a chronicle of the world in 633 chapters from Creation up to the time of emperor Tiberius, composed at the court of Hainaut between 1278 and 1281
Description: In French.
Script: Copied by one very developed hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Formata (Bastarda).
Decoration: Red headings and yellow heightening of the majuscules; flourished initials, with penwork, e.g., a 7-line blue foliate initial decorated with green stems, prickly leaves and a small flower, and a (rubbed) coat of arms in a wreath of golden leaves; and at the top, a column-wide picture (attributed to the Egerton Master) representing God leading Adam and Eve into the walled Paradise and pointing to the Tree of Wisdom.
Binding: 14th century red morocco de luxe over cardboard, with gilt edges, and gold-tooled, namely on the front board, with the coat of arms of the Duke of Newcastle in an oval, crowned medallion; and a blind-tooled spine with six raised bands and inscriptions.
Provenance: Ex libris William Foyle (1885-1963). Purchased on the Edwin J Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. ii + 252 + ii : 325 x 255 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): French literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: French literature > To 1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 15th century
Foyle, William, 1885-1963 > bookplate
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: So-called Chronicle of Baudouin d'Avesnes. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.