Manuscript waste including a fragment of Miroir historial : manuscript, circa 1300-1330 and later
- Title
- Manuscript waste including a fragment of Miroir historial : manuscript, circa 1300-1330 and later
- Place of Origin
- France
- Language
- French
- Description
- Extent: 3 items (.04 linear feet) : vellum, illustration ; 39 cm or smaller
print - Abstract
- Manuscript waste. The bifolia appear to have been used as covers. The later leaf was removed from the binding of Palestrina's Secundus liber motectorum, according to a note on the fragment folder.
- Genre
- government publication
Manuscript waste (Binding)
Manuscripts, Medieval-France-1300-1350. - Notes
- Two bifolia written on parchment in brown ink in a gothic hand, ruled in two columns, with rubrics and 3- and 4-line initials in gold, blue, and red. The bifolia contain 4 miniatures from the workshop of Papeleu Master.
Also includes a manuscript on parchment written in brown ink in a cursive hand, probably 17th-century.
In a portfolio case, 45 cm.
MS Fr 24.2. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
The bifolia came with an envelope addressed to Paul Viollet, dated 1876, when he was librarian at the Faculté de Droit in Paris.
In French. - Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
