Livre du roy Modus, etc

Description

Title: Livre du roy Modus, etc
Published / Created: [between 1490 and 1500]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of 1) Les livres du roy Modus et de la royne Ratio. 2) Le bon chien Soullart (in verse).
Description: In French.
Watermarks: similar to Briquet Tete de cerf 15548, Tete de boeuf 14247, and unidentified unicorn.
Script: Written by a single scribe in a running script, with a more formal style of writing for headings.
Penwork drawing (with red added) of the hound, Soullart, on f. 59r; drawing of a lion (?) in same style on f. 60r. Simple decorative initials and headings in red, blue and/or black; some with calligraphic penwork designs and grotesques extending into margins. Paragraph marks, underlining, and highlights, in red.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Quarter purple leather with textured cloth sides.
Provenance: Purchased from Goldschmidt's by David Wagstaff; gift of Mrs. David Wagstaff in 1946.
Extent: ff. vi + 60 + vi : 283 x 202 (224 x 156) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Dogs
French literature
French poetry
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Mathematics, Medieval
Subjects: Dogs
French literature > To 1500
French poetry > To 1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Mathematics, Medieval
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Livre du Roy Modus, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.