Roman de la rose
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2005009
Description
- Title
- Roman de la rose
- Creator
- Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230
- Contributor
- Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305.
- Published / Created
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Publication Place
- France
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of Roman de la Rose. With Poem on Paris of Troy, added in a later hand (15th/16th century); and Poem including the name of the man for whom the volume was copied, Pierre Louvel
- Description
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In French.
Script: Written in well-formed batarde by one scribe; art. 1 and some marginal notations in a slightly later hand.
Inscriptions in almost every miniature to identify the figures. Sixty-six miniatures, 16- to 12-line, framed in gold, on f. 1r with a cusped arch and a full border of blue and gold acanthus at the corners and midpoints, red and blue flowers, and hair-spray with gold leaves, bounded in red and with a gold bar in inner margin. Other miniatures with 3/4 borders in the same style, some with birds. On f. 1r a 4-line initial, blue with white highlights, filled with red and blue ivy against a gold ground. 3- or 2-line initials, gold, with pink and blue grounds with white filigree. Capital at beginning of each verse stroked in yellow.
Borders and miniature on f. 1r rubbed. Black ink hair-spray on many borders smeared.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Rigid vellum case heavily gold-tooled, with a red label. Gilt, gauffered edges. Motto on upper cover: "Nobilis ira." Bound by Bevan. - Provenance
- Acquired from C. A. Stonehill in 1969 by Edwin J. Beinecke for the Beinecke Library.
- Extent
- ff. ii + i + 315 + ii : 318 x 218 (220 x 113) 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
- Beinecke MS 418
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230.
Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305. - Subject (Topic)
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French literature
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Romances - Subjects
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Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230
Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305
French literature > To 1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Romances
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
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
- Guillaume de Lorris, Roman de la Rose. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9747246
- Object ID (OID)
- 2005009
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