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Add MS 11662
- Record Id:
- 032-002109442
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109442
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000040.0x0003c8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055965720.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 11662
- Title:
- A versified chronicle from the priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs (imperfect), followed by a modern copy of the cartulary
- Scope & Content:
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Part of this manuscript (ff. 4-9) was produced in Paris (the abbey of Saint-Martin-des-Champs) between 1072-1079, according to Prou, 'Dessins du XIe siècle' (1890). This chronicle is now imperfect because of a lacking folio after f. 4. A complete copy of this text with illuminations was made in Paris c. 1245, and is now Paris, BnF, nouv. acq. lat. 1359.
The 11th-century part is followed by a transcription of it (ff. 16r-20r) made by Baron Joursanvault (b. 1748, d. 1792), who owned this volume.
Contents:
ff. 1r-2v: A letter from Auguste de Bastard d'Estang to M. Techener dated to 14 January 1839.
ff. 4r-8r: A chronicle of the priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs, in verse, beginning: 'Rex pius Henricus, Martini dulcis amicus, Templum Martino fecit sub nomine trino'; including a copy of the foundation charter by Henry I of France, dating to 1059-1060 (f. 4v), beginning: 'In nomine sancte et individue Trinitatis. Gloriose aecclesiae filii noverint unde gaudeant'; the charter ends abruptly at the end of f. 4v; the chronicle continues on f. 5r with: 'Amodo Martinus non exul, nec peregrinus' (ff. 5r-6r); Philippe I of France's charter for the dedication of the new church, the confirmation of privileges and the donation of the abbey of Saint-Samson and Saint-Symphorien of Orleans and half of its annual market (1067) (ff. 6r-7v), beginning: 'In nomine sancte et individue Trinitatis. Divinarum Scripturarum auctoritate instruimur antiquorum partum vestigia sequi et eorum'; ending: 'Actum Parisius publice, anno ab Incarnatione Domini MoLXoVIIo ind V, anno regis Philippi viio . Dedicata sub eodem tempore ipsa ecclesia a supradictis pene episcopis. Tale per exemplum redit ad juga debita templum', followed by the list of witnesses (ff. 7r-v); Philippe I of France's confirmation of the donation of Janville and Neuvy-en-Beauce to Saint-Martin-des-Champs (1065), interpolated in verses (ff. 7v-8r), beginning: 'Sic domum patris confirmat Rex, prece matris'.
ff. 10r-20v: A modern transcription of the 11th-century section (ff. 4r-8r), with an index (ff. 17r-20v), commissioned by Baron of Joursanvault.
Decoration:
A full-page miniature incorporating text (f. 4r) with, at the top, Henry I of France portrayed on his throne, surrounded by columns, designating the new church of Saint-Martin-des-Champs on the left; below, King Henry is giving the foundation charter inscribed 'Libertas aecclesia Sancti Martini' to the canons of the priory. A miniature of St Martin under a portico reading the charter (above); a miniature of Henry I on his deathbed (f. 5r). A half-page miniature of Philippe I of France on his throne, surrounded by his court, giving the charter to the canons; members of the court are named; the churches of Saint-Martin-des-Champs and Saint-Samson of Orleans on the right of the king (f. 5v). Borders with interlace decoration. Initials with penwork decoration.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109442
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002109442
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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A parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100055965720.0x000001
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- Languages:
- French
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1075
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: parchment (ff. 3-9) and paper (ff. 1-2, 10-20).
Dimensions: (ff. 4-9) 250 x 170 mm (text space 180 x 110 mm); (ff. 10-20) 255 x 175 mm (text space 210 x 155 mm).
Foliation: ff. 22 (+ 32 unfoliated blank paper flyleaves and 64 at the end); ff. 3-9 are medieval parchment leaves, where ff. 3, 9 are former medieval flyleaves.
Script: Caroline minuscule and contemporary scripts.
Binding: Post-1600. Brown leather blind-stamped.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Paris, Northern France.
Provenance:
The Benedictine priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs, Paris: a versified chronicle containing several charters related to the re-founding of the priory by Henri I of France and its privileges maintained by Philip I of France (ff. 4r-8v).
Jean-Baptiste-Anne-Geneviève Gagnare Joursanvault, baron of Joursanvault (b. 1748, d. 1792), book collector, historian, patron, engraver: his transcription of the 11th-century part 'Cronique de l'Abbaye Royale de Saint-Martin-des-Champs, fondée à Paris, dont un original cy joint, faisant partie du chartrier de M[onsieu]r le B[ar]on de Joursanvault et porté au numéro de son inventaire, a été par lui transcript pour en faciliter la lecture' (ff. 10r-20v); his arms (f. 10r); cited in his catalogue as no. 5 (see Catalogue analytique (1838)).
Jacques-Joseph Téchener (b. 1802, d. 1873), Parisian bookseller: recipient of Auguste de Bastard d'Estang's letter (cited below), he probably lent the volume to d'Estang for a time.
Auguste de Bastard d'Estang (b. 1792, d. 1883), historian, archaeologist, bibliophile, lithographer: his letter (14 January 1839) to Jacques-Jospeh Téchener explaining the damage that he caused to the manuscript and offering compensation to Téchener; he specifies that he consulted on Téchener's advice 'M[onsieu]r Champollion-Figeac', who is probably Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac (b. 1778, d. 1867), philologist, archaeologist, paleographer and curator at the Bibliothèque nationale de France; beginning of the letter 'Monsieur, je ne pouvais répondre plutôt (sic) à la lettre que vous m'avez fait l'honneur de m'écrire ces jours derniers au sujet de la chronique de St Martin des Champs' (ff. 1r-2v).
Purchased by the British Museum from Téchener, Paris, 16 November 1839, lot. 1035 (f. 3r).
- Information About Originals:
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Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
- Publications:
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List of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years 1836-1840 (London: British Museum, 1843), p. 11.
Catalogue analytique des archives de M. le baron de Joursanvault (Paris: Techner, 1838), I, p. 180, no. 1035.
Paul Marchegay, 'Cartulaires français en Angleterre', Bibliothèque de l'école des Chartes, 1:16 (1855), 97-138 (pp. 122-123).
Maurice Prou, 'Dessins du XIe siècle et Peintures du XIIIe siècle', Revue de l'Art Chrétien, 1 (1890), 122-28.
Wilhelm Köhler, 'Die Karolingishen Miniaturen', in Zweiten Bericht über die Denkmäler Deutscher Kunst (Berlin: Reimer, 1912), pp. 52-77 (p. 59).
Joseph Depoin, Recueil des chartes et documents de l'abbaye de Saint-Martin des Champs, monastère parisien, 5 vols(Paris: Picard et fils, 1912-1921), I (1912), p. 31.
Jean Porcher, Medieval French Miniatures (New York: Abrams, 1960), p. 12, pl. 6.
Miriam Schild Bunim, Space in Medieval painting and the forerunners of perspective (New York: Columbia University Press, 1970), p. xv.
Catherine Berthier-Georgesco, 'Le prieuré de Saint-Martin-des-Champs à Paris: etude historique et archéologique', Positions des thèses de l'école des Chartes (1972), pp. 15-24.
C. M. Kauffmann, Romanesque Manuscripts 1066-1190 Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles, 3 (London: Harvey Miller, 1975), p. 88.
Andrew Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c.700-1600 in the Department of Manuscripts, The British Library (London: British Library, 1979), I, no.59.
Jean Bony, 'What possible sources for the Chevet of Saint-Denis', in Abbot Suger and Saint-Denis: A Symposium, ed. by Paula Lieber Gerson (New York: Abrams, 1986), pp. 131-44 (pp. 136, 141).
Walter Cahn, Romanesque Manuscripts: The Twelfth Century, A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in France, 2 vols, (London: Harvey Miller, 1996), II, p. 34.
Spektakel der Macht: Rituale in Alten Europa 800-1800, ed. by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger and others (Darmstadt: WBG, 2008), p. 54 pl. 27.
Lawrence Nees, 'The Fastigium of Saint-Remi ('The Tomb of Hincmar') at Reims', in Representing History 900-1300: Arts, Music, History, ed. by Robert Allan Maxwell (Pennsylvania: The Pennsylania State University Press, 2010), pp. 31-52 (pp. 47-48).
Charlotte Denoël, 'La bibliothèque de Saint-Martin-des-Champs à Paris', Scriptorium, 65:1 (2011), 67-108 (p. 67).
Alain Mercier, La Deuxième Fille de Cluny: Grandeurs et Misères de Saint-Martin-Des-Champs (Paris: Glénat, 2012), pp. 22-28.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This manuscript is part of The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project: Manuscripts from the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, 700-1200.