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Le roman de la rose : manuscript, [ca. 1350]

Title
Le roman de la rose : manuscript, [ca. 1350]
Creator / Contributor
Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230
Place of Origin
France
Date
1350
Language
French
Description
Extent: 152 leaves, bound : vellum : 24 cm.
print
Subjects
Romances
Courtly love in literature
Genre
Manuscripts, Medieval-France-1300-1350.
Notes
Manuscript, in an unidentified hand.
Page dimensions 23 x 16 cm., ruled for 2 columns of 36 lines.
In a gothic bookhand.
Illumination (f. 1) consists of one decorated initial, one small repainted illumination and simple U-bar border; colored initials throughout.
Incipit: Maintes gens quident que en songes / Nait se fables non et mençongnes.
Manuscript observations on front flyleaf by Sir Francis Palgrave, Dec. 1842.
In a brown calf binding with the Soubise armorial emblems on spine.
In a protective tray case, 25.5 cm.
MS Fr 39. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Also available in an electronic version.
Series
Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Repository
Houghton Library, Harvard University

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