Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Le testament / Jean de Meun.
Call Number
Garrett MS. 127
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc5h73q9093
Publisher
[Picady, France] : [producer not identified], [between 1425 and 1450]
Language
Old French
Date Created
1425-1475
Extent
1 volume (29 leaves) : parchment ; 22 cm
Provenance
Garrett MS. 127 is probably of northern French origin, possibly Picardy, to judge from scribal orthography. Robert Garrett (1875-1961), of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897, purchased the manuscript from an unidentified French book dealer. Garrett's pencil note of acquisition “R.G. 1924” is on fol. 1r. The dealer incorrectly dated the manuscript to the 14th century. Gift of Robert Garrett to the Princeton University Library, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 290-291.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title from printed catalog.
Script: Secretary, by one scribe, with calligraphic ascenders on the opening line (fol. 2r).
Decoration: The first letter in each quatrain is stroked in red.
Binding Note
United States, 21st century. Bound by Mick LeTourneaux in the Princeton University Library Preservation Office, 2009.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Medieval—France
Manuscripts, French—France
Illumination of books and manuscripts
Poetry

Physical Characteristics

File Count
64

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e46b966d-944b-4717-ada3-13875ebf9c95/manifest