Roman de Troie — 1323; Italian, Verona
MS. Douce 196
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Roman de Troie — 1323; Italian, Verona
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 196
Place of origin
Italian, Verona
Date
1323
Language
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 158 + i fols.
Hands
Written in 65 days by Petrus Schachus, son of Bonaventura.
Decoration
Good miniature.
Good border.
Good initials.
Binding
Maroon velvet on boards with heavy brass corners and clasps.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
'Roman de Troie'
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 196
Summary
'Ici comance histoire ancienne, qi eit toz iors me aparissant cun Grex ... eixillierent Troie por Helaine ... in French prose: beg. 'Salemon le tres sage nos enseigne': at end 'Ci finist li liure de lestoire de Troie ... Quant cist liures fu escrit il corroit lans de la Natiuite dou ... Iesu Crist milloisme trecentoisme & uinti trois, endicions siste. Et fu escrit en la cite de Verone por la main di Piere Schach fils au meistre Bonauenture Scach de Verone . li qiel habite en la contree de Nostre Dame sainte Marie antie . & fu comencies de escrire un di de Mars qart de Setembre. & fu par lui escrit en soisante & cinc iors seulement.' There is a church of S. Maria Antica at Verona.
'Honorat de Cucuron. Iste liber est michi nobili Johanni de Cucuron locj Mornassij [Mornas ?] ... diens', quem pater meus nobilis Honoratus de Cucuron emit et realiter soluit ... possideat in paradiso' (15th cent.: half erased):' 1493 ... Peysyr Noryt ...'.
Date
written in 1323 at Verona by P. Schach
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, with a miniature, border and many coloured capitals in Italian style, binding: maroon velvet on boards with heavy brass corners and clasps
Physical extent
159 leaves, in double columns
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Collection contents
'Roman de Troie'
