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The Ashburnham library; Catalogue of the portion of the famous collection of manuscripts, the property of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ashburnham, known as the Barrois collection - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...II in two compartments representing Christ delivering the Spirits from Prison, 7 by 3£in. Each of the large miniatures are within inner and outer painted and illuminated borders, and there are many large and small ornamental initials with marginal decorations. On the first leaf and in other places are the arms of Baraton de Champdire, viz. quarterly of Baraton and with an inescutcheon of St. Simon (?). At the end of vol. 1, is a large shield of eight quarters, viz. i. St. Germain (?), ii. Anjou, iii. Bretagne, iv., v. Nesle, vi. Harcourt, vii. Estoute ville, viii. Montmorency; over all an inescutcheon of Bourbon. The initials A. S. and S. A. with various devices and mottoes occur on painted scrolls in the borders. At the end of vol. II is written: "En lan de grace mil iiij xxij le xxe jour du mois de juing fut parfait ce livre... en la ville de Caudebec sur Seine par lacteur nomme ou premier prologue," &c. "Celui qui composa ci livre trespassa a Caudebec le penultimo jour de octobre lan mil cccc. xxxj. priez Dieu pour lui. Amen." This MS. was formerly in the La Vallière collection, No. 4601, afterwards Count MacCarthy's, No. 3945. 302. Jehan De Flagy. Le Roman De Gerin Le Lohekens. (by Jehan De Flagy.) (xxv) 4/o Begins: Telle chancon voire voler oir De grant et de mervuillex pris Si comme Ii Wand res vinrent en cest pais Crestiente ont malement baillis. Ends: Ci faut lestoire du Loherens Gerin & de Fromond qui ot dieu relanqui & de Guillaume orgueillox de mouclin du peril de lorgueillox Fromondin par son outraige auroit ete ocis du roi Gir. vous ferons fin ici & tantes terres que a lespee conquit y en i a plus si comme lestoire dit. Explicit ainsi Loherens. % MS. Of The Thirteenth Century, On Vellum, ff. 226, wr...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1236314433
- ISBN 13 9781236314437
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages84
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