Concertacio leporarii et falconis, etc

Description

Title: Concertacio leporarii et falconis, etc
Contributor: Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux.
Published / Created: [between 1475 and 1500]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of 1) Le Debat du Faucon et du Levrier. G. Holmer believes that Beinecke MS 465 is the only manuscript to preserve the complete Latin text which was later translated into French by Robert du Herlin, Secretary of King Louis XI. 2) Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Epistola de gubernatione rei familiaris
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written in fine upright batarde script.
3- to 2-line spaces for decorative initials unfilled.
Lower margin chewed by rodent; parchment stained throughout; no loss of text.
Binding: Ninteenth century (after 1881). Dark brown goatskin, gold-tooled with medallion of falcon on upper cover. Bound by Riviere and Son (London, 1881-1939).
Provenance: Purchased from E. P. Goldschmidt and Co. by David Wagstaff; gift of Mrs. David Wagstaff in 1946.
Extent: ff. iv + 8 + iv : 240 x 185 (201 x 88) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
France
Subject (Topic): Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval
Politics and government
Subjects: Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > Politics and government
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Concertacio Leporarii et Falconis. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.