Marguerite de Navarre — c. 1540; French
MS. Douce 91
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Marguerite de Navarre — c. 1540; French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 91
Date
c. 1540
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 50leaves
Decoration
Fine miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. Sister manuscript to Chantilly, Musée Condé, Fr. 1878. (Pächt and Alexander i. 850, pl. LXII)
Binding
Red leather with gold tooling, 18th cent. work.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
'Aldonse de Bernoie' is written on fol. 2 (16th cent.)
Belonged to H. Drury in the 18th cent.: Henry Drury (1778–1841), apparently identifiable as no. 967 in the catalogue of his sale ( A catalogue of the extensive and valuable library of the Rev. Henry Drury ... (1827)
John Cochran, catalogue, June 1829 (Douce Legacy, p. 137)
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
La Coche ou le Débat de l'Amour, a French romance by Marguerite d'Angoulême or de Valois, queen of Navarre (d. 1549)
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 91
Summary
With no title or authorship in the MS.: beg. 'Ayant perdu de l'aueugle vincueur.'.
There are eleven miniatures illustrating the poem, arid one elaborate coat of arms, with borders, etc., The arms, representing the person for whom the book was written, are, according to the 1840 catalogue: quarterly 1. quarterly 1 & 4 Castile, 2 & 3 Leon, for de Foix (?): 2. La Tour d'Auvergne; 3. Clermont Lodève; 4. Turenne. The motto 'Plus vous que moy' occurs on fols. 8, 14v, 19.
'Aldonse de Bernoie' is written on fol. 2 (16th cent.).
Date
written in about the middle of the 16th cent.
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, illuminated, binding, red leather with gold tooling, 18th cent.
Physical extent
50 Leaves
Custodial history
The book belonged to H. Drury in the 18th cent.
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Collection contents
La Coche ou le Débat de l'Amour, a French romance by Marguerite d'Angoulême or de Valois, queen of Navarre (d. 1549)
