Roman de la rose

Description

Title: Roman de la rose
Creator: Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230
Contributor: Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305.
Published / Created: [between 1300 and 1400]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of Roman de la Rose. Seventeen leaves containing lines 8242-10751 are now missing between ff. 39 and 40; in addition, the text has been abridged to 16272 lines
Description: In French.
Script: Written by a single scribe in neat gothic textura.
Plain initials, 2-line, alternating red and blue, throughout the text; headings in red. First letter of most verses stroked with yellow.
Slits in parchment on ff. 42-44, some affecting text.
Binding: Nineteenth century. before 1881. A very fine Grolieresque binding in brick red goatskin, gold-tooled, by Riviere.
Provenance: Bequeathed to Yale in 1883 by Joseph J. Cooke (1813-1881).
Extent: ff. iii + 114 + ii : 315 x 223 (234 x 173) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French, Old (ca. 842-1300)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230.
Subject (Topic): French literature
French poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230
French literature > To 1500
French poetry > To 1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Guillaume de Lorris, Roman de la Rose. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.