Les dits moraulx des philosophes
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Description
- Title
- Les dits moraulx des philosophes
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1400]
- Publication Place
- France
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment (worn and stained) of a collection of moralistic sayings, compiled from various authorities: the French version of an Arabic work of the 11th century. Guillaume de Tignonville (d. 1414) composed the French text from a Latin translation sometime before 1402. The philosophers represented include (in the order of their appearance): Sedachias, Hermes, Tac, Zalqualquin, Homer, Zalon, Abion, Hippocrates, Pythagoras, Diogenes, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Ptolemy, Assaron, Loguion, Onese, Macdarge, Thesile, St. Gregory, Galen
- Description
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In French.
Script: Written by a single scribe in an informal batarde, often with calligraphic flourishes extending into margins.
One miniature on f. 1r, 11-line, Ezekiel, Socrates, and Cicero with identifying banderoles, in grisaille with light green and ink washes; in a frame of thin pink and gold bands. One 5-line initial on f. 1r, pink, with orange and pink ivy on a blue stem against a blue ground; a pink and gold bar border in inner margin, with ivy terminals, black ink ivy with gold leaves and gold dots. 2-line initials throughout, gold against pink and blue grounds with white highlights. Guide-letters and rubrics throughout.
Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Quarter bound in brown, spattered calf, gold-tooled. Marbled paper sides. - Provenance
- From the collection of Hannah D. Rabinowitz. Acquired from C. A. Stonehill in 1960 as the gift of Edwin J., Frederick W., and Walter Beinecke.
- Extent
- ff. i + 80 + ii + i : 294 x 210 (192 x 138) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 285
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Topic)
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Conduct of life
Arabic literature
French literature
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Conduct of life > Early works to 1800
Arabic literature
French literature > To 1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Les Dits Moraulx des Philosophes. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9789883
- Object ID (OID)
- 2018534
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