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1. Add MS 35310-35324

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Title:
Rothschild Bequest
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts forming part of a large bequest to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
15 items

2. Add MS 35322

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Scope & Content:
Vol. XIII. Thomas Berthelet, Bookbinder to Henry VIII: Bound: in 16th cent. Romances: Decameron of Boccaccio: late 15th cent.: Fr. Laurens de Premierfait: Decameron de J. Bocace, translated in 1414 by: late 15th cent. Giovanni Boccaccio: Decameron: late 15th cent.: Fr. Bindings ENGLISH: Too...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 35322-35323

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Title:
ROTHSCHILD BEQUEST. Vols. XIII., XIV. The Decameron of Boccaccio, in French. Translated by Laurens de Premierfait from a Latin version made for him (as he says in his preface addressed to the Duc de Berry) by "vng frere de Pordre des Cordeliers nommé maistre Antoine de Aresche " (see P. Paris, Les MSS. François, i. p. 242). Two volumes. The present copy, like Royal MS. 19 E. i., omits the preface, and begins with Boccaccio's prologue, "Le propre et droit office," etc.; preceded here by the h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 35323

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Add MS 35323
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. XIV. Thomas Berthelet, Bookbinder to Henry VIII: Bound: in 16th cent. Romances: Decameron of Boccaccio: late 15th cent.: Fr. Laurens de Premierfait: Decameron de J. Bocace, translated in 1414 by: late 15th cent. Giovanni Boccaccio: Decameron: late 15th cent.: Fr. Bindings ENGLISH: Tool...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item