La vraye descente genealogique de la tres illustre maison de France
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Description
- Title
- La vraye descente genealogique de la tres illustre maison de France
- Alternative Title
- Genealogie des Rois de France. depuis et compris Hugues Capet, jusques et compris Charles IX.
- Creator
- Holinshed, Lawrence, active 1557-1584
- Published / Created
- 1572.
- Publication Place
- France
- Abstract
-
Manuscript roll on parchment, composed of 6 sheets glued together, of a genealogical chronicle of the kings of France starting with Hugh Capet and ending with Charles IX. Includes prefatory and dedicatory letters "a la royne mere du roy," Catherine de Médicis, and "aux princes de France." The scroll finishes with a letter from Lawrence Holinshed "au lecteur" in which he describes his hopes for future relations between France and England and his own past imprisonment in France
- Description
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In Middle French.
Layout: top of scroll, containing dedicatory letters and Catherine de Médicis' coat of arms, in two columns. Body of scroll is a family tree composed of linked roundels. Letter to the reader at the bottom in one column.
Script: combination of roman, bâtarde, and chancery italic.
Decoration: Large coat of arms of Catherine de Médicis, coats of arms and family tree painted in gouache, colour, and applied gold. Rubrication.
Title devised by cataloger from incipit to prologue.
Bookseller description available. - Provenance
- Dedicated to Catherine de Médicis. Purchased from Konstantinopel Rare & Fine Books on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2016.
- Extent
- 1 roll (6 sheets) : 3005 mm x 690 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
- Osborn fa71 (Oversize)
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Chronology
Genealogies (histories).
Genealogical tables
Illuminated manuscripts
Heraldry
Manuscripts, Medieval France 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven.
France
England - Subject (Name)
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Holinshed, Lawrence, active 1557-1584.
Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589. - Subject (Topic)
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Manuscripts, Medieval
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Nobility
Heraldry
History
Kings and rulers - Subjects
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Holinshed, Lawrence, active 1557-1584
Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Nobility > Heraldry
France > History
England > History
France > Kings and rulers > Chronology
France > 16th 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
- Holinshed, Lawrence, La vraye descente genealogique de la tres illustre maison de France. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 99165810583408651
- Object ID (OID)
- 33379227
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