Poetic miscellany (MS M.761) | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Manuscript, Old French, between 1250 and 1299

Genre:illuminated manuscripts

Physical Description:194 leaves (1 column, 38 lines (fols. 1-189 volumes); 2 columns, 38 lines (fols. 190-194)), bound : vellum, illustrations ; 270 x 130 mm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:270631835

Notes:

Ms. poetic miscellany; written and illuminated in England in the late 13th century

Texts: 1) fol. 1v - unidentified text in French; 2) fols 2-3v; 3 - poem in French on the vanity of human affairs; 3) fols 3v-5v - Latin poem in 4-line rhymed stanza; 4) fols. 6-189v - La Lumière aux lais; 5) fols. 190-194 - poem on the love of God

Decoration: 6 historiated initials (each depicting two monks, one teaching and the other listening); 12 marginal figures or vignettes

Language Notes:French and Latin