Livre de bonnes meurs

Description

Title: Livre de bonnes meurs
Creator: Legrand, Jacques, approximately 1365-1415
Published / Created: [1425-1475]
Publication Place: Northern France
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Jacques Legrand (c. 1360-1415/1418), Livre de bonnes meurs
Description: In French.
Script: copied by the unrecorded scribe Lambert in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens (Bastarda).
Watermarks: two parallel keys, Briquet 3818; three monograms, var. Briquet 9746 (DP) and 9913-9916.
Red paragraph marks, red stroking of the majuscules and of the punctuation marks. The words following a majuscule are generally written in large and narrow Gothica Textualis and barred with horizontal parallel red lines. 2-line plain initials in red, with guide letters (3-line on ff. 2r and 3r).
Binding: 21st century. Bound in paper cover.
Provenance: Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. 57 : 310 x 220 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Legrand, Jacques, approximately 1365-1415.
Subject (Topic): Didactic literature, French
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Legrand, Jacques, approximately 1365-1415
Didactic literature, French
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Jacques Legrand, Livre de Bonnes Meurs. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.