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Commonplace book: holograph
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Title
Commonplace book: holograph.
Created
Burgundy or the Imperial Court, [ca. 1497]
Physical Description
ff. 131 : paper ; 282 x 213 (204 x 129) mm.
Language
French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Notes
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.
In French.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
Provenance
Purchased from Laurence Witten, 1984.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper of Jean Faucket (or Faucquet), Commonplace Book: Holograph. Completed 1497 or later.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 16, 2010
References
Jean Faucket, Commonplace Book: Holograph. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Jean Faucket, Commonplace Book: Holograph. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Commonplace books - Burgundy (France) - 15th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval - Burgundy (France) - 15th century.
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