Devise des armes des chevaliers de la table ronde : lequels estoyent du tres renomme et verteux Artus Roy de la grand Bretaigne avecq la description de leurs armoires.

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16156713

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Title: Devise des armes des chevaliers de la table ronde : lequels estoyent du tres renomme et verteux Artus Roy de la grand Bretaigne avecq la description de leurs armoires.
Contributor: Arthur,--King--Early works to 1800.
Astle, Thomas,--1735-1803--Ownership.
Clements, Henry J. B.--(Henry John Beresford),--1869-1940--Bookplate.
Hills, Philip,--1768-1830--Autograph.
MacDonnell, John--Bookplate.
Mores, Edward Rowe,--1730-1778--Ownership.
Published / Created: [1500-1599]
Publication Place: [France],
Abstract: Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of annotated coats of arms for 177 members of the Knights of the Round Table. Each knight is represented by a coat of arms drawn in trick and followed by an explanation of each device and its appropriateness to that knight. The main text is preceded by a nine page text, "De l'invention des armes," and followed by a "Briefue narration de la table ronde."
Description: Binding: eighteenth-century green velvet over boards; silver castle ornament mounted on front cover.
Decoration: 177 pen and ink drawings in trick of coats of arms.
Ex libris Edward Rowe Mores; Thomas Astle; Philip Hills; H. J. B. Clements; John MacDonnell. On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
Layout: Single columns of varying length. Armorial entries begin with the name of the knight and a pen and ink drawing of his coat of arms in trick, followed by a descriptive paragraph,
Modern title page in English bound in before original title page.
Ownership inscription of Philip Hills, 1785 December 21.
Printed bookseller description pasted in on verso of rear flyleaf.
Script: secretary.
Extent: 186 p. : paper ; 155 x 95 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Takamiya MS 124

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance--France--16th century.
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Arthurian romances--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name): Arthur,--King--Early works to 1800.
Astle, Thomas,--1735-1803--Ownership.
Clements, Henry J. B.--(Henry John Beresford),--1869-1940--Bookplate.
Hills, Philip,--1768-1830--Autograph.
MacDonnell, John--Bookplate.
Mores, Edward Rowe,--1730-1778--Ownership.
Subject (Topic): Arthurian romances--Dictionaries.
Heraldry--Dictionaries.
Heraldry--Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Renaissance--Connecticut--New Haven.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.

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Citation: A handlist of western Medieval manuscripts in the Takamiya collection / Toshiyuki Takamiya, in The Medieval book: glosses from friends & colleagues of Christopher de Hamel, ed. by Richard Linenthal, James Marrow and William Noel. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & De G

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 12270402
Object ID (OID): 16156713