Les dits moraulx des philosophes
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Description
- Title
- Les dits moraulx des philosophes
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1400]
- Publication Place
- France
- Abstract
-
A collection of moralistic sayings, compiled from various authorities, isthe French version of an Arabic work of the 11th century. Guillaume deTignonville (d. 1414) composed the French text from a Latin translationsometime before 1402.
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
- One miniature on f. 1r, 11-line, Ezekiel, Socrates, and Cicero with identifying banderoles, in grisaille with light green and ink washes.
- Extent
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294 x 210 (192 x 138) mm.
Parchment (worn and stained), ff. i (paper) + 80 + ii (contemporaryparchment) + i (paper)
some col. - Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 285
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- mixed material
- Genre
-
Drawings
Illuminations
Illustrations
Miniatures (Illuminations) - Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Topic)
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Arabic literature
Conduct of life--Early works to 1800
French literature--To 1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Literature, Medieval--Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
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
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Les Dits Moraulx des Philosophes. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 285.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9789883
- Object ID (OID)
- 2018534
- More Information
- https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms285.htm