Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meung — 15th century, beginning; French
MS. Douce 188
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meung — 15th century, beginning; French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 188
Place of origin
French
Date
15th century, beginning
Language
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 178leaves, in double columns
Decoration
Drawings completely overpainted in 18th century (?).
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
The Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 188
Summary
Beg. 'Maintes gens dient': ends 'je mesueille': then follow after the space of a line 28 (not 24) more lines, beg. 'Et puis que je fu esueillie', end 'Pour ce quil ont voir descouuert.' At fol. 168 follows the Testament of Jean de Meung, beg. 'Li Perez & li Filz', ends, on the recto of a page, 'Cuer rent a Dieu lez amez, cuer rent a D[ieu] lez corps' (p. 77 of vol. iv. of Meon's edition). On the verso is only 'Cest present liure nomme le Roman de la Rose ou lart damour . est tout enclose appartient . a honnorable homme Gieuffroy . Wut**on ainsi se nomme escuier. grenetier du Mayne. prions la Vierge ...' (end of 15th cent. ?).
The binding bears the arms of Maria Augusta von Sulzbach, wife of Karl Philip Theodor von Sulzbach (she d. about A.D. 1765).
Date
written in the 15th cent.
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, with many miniatures in the text
Physical extent
178 leaves, in double columns
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Collection contents
The Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung
