Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meung — 1348; French, Paris
MS. Selden Supra 57
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meung — 1348; French, Paris
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 57
Date
1348
14th century
Language
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 166 leaves
Decoration
Fine miniatures (some defaced).
Fine border.
Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 597, pl. XLV)
Binding
Limp parchment (16th cent.) with arms, a tree proper between two griffins segreant supporting the stem, crest a demi-lion holding a serpent in its sinister paw, motto 'BART. SYLVA. SUBIT. ASPERA' (William Paddy: see British Armorial Bindings, and Provenance).
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659
Provenance
'John Betts His Booke: 1606'
'153', and price-code 'r/o', fol. i recto, early 17th century (?)
'21° January Arundell 1611', i. e. Thomas Howard earl of Arundel (d. 1646).
William Paddy, 1554–1634: his arms on the binding.
John Selden, 1584–1654
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Title
'Explicit le Romanz de la Rose, Ou lart damours est toute enclose'
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 57
Summary
At end:'Explicit le Romanz de la Rose, Ou lart damours est toute enclose. Et fuit completum die Veneris post festum beati Martini hiemalis', then follows an erased date. The Romance (by Guillaume de Lorris and Jehan de Meun) here ends 'Atant fu iour et ie mesueille'. At fol. 154 follows 'Le Testement mestre Iehean de Meu', wanting the first leaf, the text beginning 'Bien se doit.' Fols, 1, 170 are part of a 13th cent. Latin index to a Canon Law treatise.
Date
Written in the 14th century in France
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, with miniatures, illuminated capitals, etc., partly defaced; binding, see below
Physical extent
166 Leaves
Custodial history
The limp parchment binding (16th cent.) bears the arms, a tree proper between two griffins segreant supporting the stem, crest a demilion holding a serpent in its sinister paw: motto, BART . sylva . SVBIT . aspera. 'John Betts His Booke: 1606', '21° January Arundell 1611', i. e. Thomas Howard earl of Arundel, (d. 1646.
Manuscript 3460 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
'Explicit le Romanz de la Rose, Ou lart damours est toute enclose'
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Connections
People associated with this object
- John Betts
- Thomas Howard earl of Arundel (d. 1646)
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Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230
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Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305
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Selden, John, 1584-1654
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Paddy, William, 1554-1634
