Commonplace book: holograph
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Description
- Title
- Commonplace book: holograph
- Creator
- Faucket, Jean, fl. 1488-1497
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1497]
- Publication Place
- Burgundy or the Imperial Court
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper of Jean Faucket (or Faucquet), Commonplace Book: Holograph. Completed 1497 or later
- Description
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In French.
Four distinct watermarks: one resembles Piccard, vol. 2, IX 96 (Xanten, 1452), one resembles Piccard vol. 2, IX 182 or 190 (Rhine valley, 1470-1480 or Flanders, 1463-70), one closely resembles Briquet 9196 (St. Omer, 1491), and a fourth closely resembles Briquet 8992 or 8993 (Vaudrevange, 1499 and 1493, respectively).
Script: written by the author in a gothic bastarda script.
Numerous full color illuminations of coats of arms. Ornate initials in black and red throughout. Rubricated.
Binding: heavy black cloth over boards made of early printed material. Several parchment manuscript fragments which were used in binding are visible in the spine. One contains 12th-century Caroline minuscule and the other contains a gothic bookhand of the 13th-14th century. Damaged, front board detached. - Provenance
- Purchased from Laurence Witten, 1984.
- Extent
- ff. 131 : 282 x 213 (204 x 129) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 648
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Early works to 1800
Commonplace books Burgundy (France) 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Burgundy (France) 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Faucket, Jean, fl. 1488-1497.
- Subject (Topic)
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Commonplace-books
Heraldry
French literature
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Faucket, Jean, fl. 1488-1497
Commonplace-books
Heraldry > Early works to 1800
French literature > To 1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Burgundy (France) > 15th 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
- Jean Faucket, Commonplace Book: Holograph. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9615810
- Object ID (OID)
- 2027590