Somme le roi

Description

Title: Somme le roi
Creator: Laurent, Frère.
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1475]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Frère Laurent, Somme le Roi (The Book of Vices and Virtues). Written presumably for Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, who died at Moulins-sur-Allier in 1476
Description: In French.
Watermarks: ff. ii-5, Briquet Armoiries 1876; ff. 6-315, similar to Briquet Lettre P 8527.
Script: Written by two scribes in batarde script. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-100v, 131r-217v; Scribe 2) ff. 101r-130v, 217v-312r, 313r.
At the beginning of each book there are spaces (9 to 13 lines) left blank for miniatures. 4- to 2-line initials for each book and for a few chapters, gold against blue and red grounds with silver or white filigree, with coarse gold ivy and black hair-spray. 2-line initials in blue or red for chapters; 1-line initials, blue or red, in table of contents. All initials with guide-letters. Chapter numbers and paragraph marks in red. Rubrics throughout.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Edges red. Brown calf, spine gold-tooled, with a red label: "Miroir du Monde M. S. S. Antiq."
Provenance: Presented by Mrs. Charles A. Stonehill and Robert J. Barry in memory of Charles A. Stonehill in 1955.
Extent: ff. i + 316 + i : 277 x 207 (192 x 132) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Laurent, Frère.
Subject (Topic): Conduct of life
French literature
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Laurent, Frère.
Conduct of life > Early works to 1800
French literature > To 1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Frère Laurent, Somme le Roi. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.