Hymn to St. Theobald — 15th century, second half; Flemish (?)
MS. Rawl. C. 888
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Hymn to St. Theobald — 15th century, second half; Flemish (?)
Les Statuts de l'Ordre de S. Michel — 16th century, beginning; French
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. C. 888
Date
16th century, beginning
15th century, second half
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Provenance
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755
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Title
The Statutes of the Order of the Knights of St. Michael, established by Louis XI in 1469, with the supplementary ordinances made in 1476 for the office of Provost and Master of the ceremonies
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. C. 888
Summary
The "Table des chapitres" has been misplaced in binding, and now follows the commencement of chap. xiii.
The first page is occupied by a well-executed illumination, representing the King sitting on his throne, in front of a screen of green arras, with ten nobles, wearing the collar of the order, in a semi-circle before him.
On a fly-leaf at the beginning of the volume has been affixed, a Latin hymn, "De Sancto Theobaldo," in four stanzas and 28 lines, written in red, blue and gold, with a neat drawing in the margin of a knight in full armour, upon a white horse. Beg. "Ingenuosa sobole / Ex Provinno fauste natus, / Heros Theobaldus, prole / Ac mente nobilitatus."
The cover of the volume bears an engraved book-plate of the arms of Burnshed, viz., arg. three bends gules, on a canton of the first a lion passant of the second; crest a pheon.
Date
late 15th-early 16th century
Language
French
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, in folio minori
Physical extent
57 Leaves
Custodial history
[Qu., annon olim inter codd. Nic. Foucault?]
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Collection contents
Rawlinson C: History, Theology
The Statutes of the Order of the Knights of St. Michael, established by Louis XI in 1469, with the supplementary ordinances made in 1476 for the office of Provost and Master of the ceremonies
