Harangues et oraisons des anciens
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Description
- Title
- Harangues et oraisons des anciens
- Published / Created
- circa 1530.
- Publication Place
- Paris and France Paris
- Abstract
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Manuscript, on parchment, in unidentified of Harangues et oraisons des anciens. Contains examples of ancient speeches from famous events in both Greek and Roman history. Also includes the funerary speech of Perides [sic], several speeches attributed to Philip of Macedonia, Demosthenes, Alexander, Nero, and many others. Also includes a speech by Ottoman envoys to Rhodes (dated to 1522) and an ultimatum of Suleiman I (1494-1566) to Philippe Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
- Description
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In French.
Script: Gothica Semihybrida Formata (Bastarda).
Layout: ff. 2-57 single column of 40 lines; ff. 58-165 sincle column of 41 lines.
Decoration: Line-fillers in the shape of a red or blue horizontal stroke heightened with liquid gold. Paragraph marks in liquid gold on a square red or blue background. 4- or 5-line painted initials. On the second front flyleaf verso full-page frontispiece: in an imitation wooden frame a room is depicted, in which twelve men are engaged in discussion.
Binding: Original green velvet binding over pasteboard, spine with four raised bands; two velvet straps attached to the front board closing over pins in the rear board with two enamelled brass clasps with the arms of François II, duc de La Rochefoucauld, and his wife Anne de Polignac; gilt edges.
The original foliation in Roman numbers, at right in the upper margin of the rectos, is incomple. - Provenance
- Library of Anne de Polignac (c. 1495-1554). Adolphe Labitte sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18 March 1879, lot 25. Count Ernest Armand (1829-1898). Purchased from Sam Fogg, London, on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund. Accompanied by two incunable fragments of "Questiones sup[er] minorem Donatum" and "Auctores octo" (printed in Angoulieve), which were originally used as binding waste in the original binding, replaced with new pasteboard, and cataloged individually. Also accompanied by manuscript notes and letters related to the selling and purchase of this manuscript in 1879. Classed under call number Beinecke MS 1042.2, Beinecke MS 1042.3, and Beinecke MS 1042.4 respectively.
- Extent
- 1 volume (ii + 165 + i) : 310 x 215 mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1042
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Renaissance France 16th century
Manuscript waste
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven.
Italy
Greece - Subject (Topic)
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Manuscripts, Medieval
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin
Church history
History - Subjects
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Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek > Early works to 1800
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin > Early works to 1800
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500 > Early works to 1800
Italy > History > Early works to 1800
Greece > History > Early works to 1800
France > 16th 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
- Harangues et Oraisons des Anciens. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9899489
- Object ID (OID)
- 2013980
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