Accession number:
MS M.36
Title:
Roman de la violette.
Created:
France, between 1414 and 1474.
Binding:
Olive morocco inlaid by Thompson of London lettered: Le Roment de la Violette - MS du 15 siècle.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1903.
Description:
112 leaves (1 column, 23-29 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 280 x 200 mm
Provenance:
Joseph Barrois Collection (no. 352), sold in 1849 to the Earl of Ashburnham; his sale (London, 1901, no. 235) to Quaritch; John E. Kerr Collection (cat., 1903, p. 7-8, no. 5, and plate); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Kerr Collection in 1903; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. written in France, ca. 1414-1474.
Decoration: blue and red ink initials.
Script:
bastarda
Language:
French
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