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Royal MS 19 A VIII
- Record Id:
- 040-002107578
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000338.0x000344
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 19 A VIII
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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TWO MORAL TREATISES in French, viz.:-
1. Dicta moralia philosophorum: version by Guillaume de Thignonville (cf. 16 F. X, art. 3). Beg. '[S]edechias fut philosophe le premier'; ends 'soy fier en celluy dont lon a este autre fois deceu'. Colophon, 'Expliciunt documenta moralia philosophorum. deo gracias. amen'. f. 1.
2. Jacobus de Cessolis de ludo scaccorum: version by 'frere Jehan Ferron de lordre des freres prescheurs de Paris', begun 4 May, 1347, and dedicated to 'Bertrand Auberi, escuier de Tarascon', to whom the translator was chaplain. An account of the two versions by Ferron and by Jean de Vignay is given by P. Paris, Les MSS. François, vpp. 13-20, 62. For the Latin see above, 12 B. XXIII, and for other copies of Ferron's translation Add. MSS. 20697, 21461. Prologue beg. 'Discret Bertraund Auberi . . . la saint escripture dit'; text, 'Moult ay este prie et requis de religieux et seculiers'. Ends 'royaume de paradis, ouquel ipse viuit' (&c.). f. 73.
Paper; ff. 110. Folio. 111/4 in. x 8 in. Second quarter of XV cent. Gatherings of 12 leaves (v10, last16), with catchwords. Sec. fol. 'Et dist'. Initials not inserted. On f. 1 are the joined initials H R [of Henry VII or VIII?] Old Royal press-mark 'no. 223' (Westm. invent. of 1542, Add. MS. 25469, f. 8); cat. of 1666, f. 14; not in CMA.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002107578 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 19 A VIII : TWO MORAL TREATISES in French, viz.:-1. Dicta moralia philosophorum: version by Guillaume de Thignonville (cf. 16 F. X, art.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1725]/040-002107578
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1425
- End Date:
- 1449
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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