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La vraye descente genealogique de la tres illustre maison de France
Title
La vraye descente genealogique de la tres illustre maison de France.
Created
France, 1572.
Physical Description
1 roll (6 sheets) : parchment ; 3005 mm x 690 mm.
Language
French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Notes
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.
In Middle French.
Provenance
Dedicated to Catherine de Médicis. Purchased from Konstantinopel Rare & Fine Books on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2016.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
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.
Variant and related titles
Title on verso, in later hand: Genealogie des Rois de France. depuis et compris Hugues Capet, jusques et compris Charles IX.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
March 07, 2023
References
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.
Cite as
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.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Genealogies (histories).
Genealogical tables.
Illuminated manuscripts.
Heraldry.
Manuscripts, Medieval - France - 16th century.
Also listed under
France.
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