Capitularies of Charlemagne, Louis the Pious, etc
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Description
- Title
- Capitularies of Charlemagne, Louis the Pious, etc
- Published / Created
- [ca. 875]
- Publication Place
- Northeastern France (Rheims?)
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of Capitularies of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious compiled by Ansegisus in 827. With Capitularies of Charles the Bald; and List of Frankish kings from Faramund to Philip II (1180).
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: Written in fine Carolingian minuscule primarily by two scribes. Scribe 1: ff. 1v-42v; Scribe 2: ff. 43r-96r, 98r-102r.
Eleven large decorative initials (5- to 13-line) of very good quality in gold, green, red, and white, of the style usually associated with the school of Rheims. The initials are constructed of broad outlines in green which are decorated with unburnished gold (partly rubbed) and bordered with red. The letters terminate in interlace knots and animal heads. Empty spaces within the initials are filled with interlace grids of stylized foliage in unburnished gold laid on greenish ground. The stems of the most important initials (ff. 3r, 8v, 28v, 55r, 67r, 83r, 98r) are decorated with white interlace designs on red grounds.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Edges spattered red. Brown spattered calf, blind-tooled. Remains of paper label on spine. - Provenance
- Acquired by Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 10190); purchased by A. Chester Beatty (his Western MS 11). Acquired from H. P. Kraus in 1969 by Edwin J. Beinecke for the Beinecke Library.
- Extent
- ff. i + 105 + i : 270 x 225 (180 x 140) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 413
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval France 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven.
France - Subject (Name)
-
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814.
Charles II, King of France, 823-877.
Louis I, Emperor, 778-840. - Subject (Topic)
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Law |z France
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Politics and government - Subjects
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Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814
Charles II, King of France, 823-877
Louis I, Emperor, 778-840
Law |z France
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > Politics and government > To 987
France > 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
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- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Capitularies of Charlemagne, Louis the Pious, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9746422
- Object ID (OID)
- 2015180
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