Devise des armes des chevaliers de la table ronde : lequels estoyent du tres renomme et verteux Artus Roy de la grand Bretaigne avecq la description de leurs armoires
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16156713
Description
- Title
- Devise des armes des chevaliers de la table ronde : lequels estoyent du tres renomme et verteux Artus Roy de la grand Bretaigne avecq la description de leurs armoires
- Published / Created
- [1500-1599]
- Publication Place
- France
- Abstract
-
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of annotated coats of arms for 177 members of the Knights of the Round Table. Each knight is represented by a coat of arms drawn in trick and followed by an explanation of each device and its appropriateness to that knight. The main text is preceded by a nine page text, "De l'invention des armes," and followed by a "Briefue narration de la table ronde."
- Description
-
In Middle French.
Modern title page in English bound in before original title page.
Printed bookseller description pasted in on verso of rear flyleaf.
Layout: Single columns of varying length. Armorial entries begin with the name of the knight and a pen and ink drawing of his coat of arms in trick, followed by a descriptive paragraph,
Script: secretary.
Decoration: 177 pen and ink drawings in trick of coats of arms.
Binding: eighteenth-century green velvet over boards; silver castle ornament mounted on front cover. - Provenance
- Ownership inscription of Philip Hills, 1785 December 21. Formerly owned by Edward Rowe Mores. Formerly owned by Thomas Astle. Formerly owned by Philip Hills. Ex libris H. J. B. Clements. Ex libris John MacDonnell. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
- Extent
- 1 volume (186 pages) : 155 mm x 95 mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Takamiya MS 124
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Dictionaries
Manuscripts, Renaissance France 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven.
Arthurian romances - Subject (Name)
- Arthur, King
- Subject (Topic)
-
Heraldry
Manuscripts, Renaissance
Arthurian romances - Subjects
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Arthur, King > Early works to 1800
Heraldry > Dictionaries
Heraldry > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Renaissance > Connecticut > New Haven
Arthurian romances > Dictionaries
Arthurian romances > Early works to 1800
France > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Astle, Thomas, 1735-1803 > Ownership
Clements, Henry J. B. (Henry John Beresford), 1869-1940 > Bookplate
Hills, Philip, 1768-1830 > Autograph
MacDonnell, John > Bookplate
Mores, Edward Rowe, 1730-1778 > Ownership
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Devise des armes des chevaliers de la table ronde (Takamiya MS 124). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12270402
- Object ID (OID)
- 16156713
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