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Fragmenta Manuscripta 188: Paris et Vienne

Medieval parchment fragment in a French cursive hand written in black ink. The fragment has small margins.<br /> <br />
Medieval parchment fragment in a French cursive hand written in black ink. The fragment has small margins. Three lines on the second half of the fragment are more faded, wth some text faded on the lower left corner.<br />

Information About This Item

Creator

Pierre de la Cypede

Title

Fragmenta Manuscripta 188: Paris et Vienne

Date

1440 - 1460

Description

One column visible with 21 visible lines, no bounding lines, with drypoint ruling verso, ink on recto.
Script: bâtarde
Notes: O.A. Beckerlegge published a transcription when the collection was in Sir Sydney Cockerell's possession; see below.

Frag 188r Although labelled as recto, the text shows that this is the verso; Frag 188v Actually, the recto of the fragment.

Relation

Beckerlegge, O. A. “A Fragment of the Old French Romance ‘Paris et Vienne.’” The Modern Language Review 37, no. 1 (1942): 74–75. https://doi.org/10.2307/3717780.

McC. Gatch, Milton. “‘Fragmenta Manuscripta and Varia’ at Missouri and Cambridge.” Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 9, no. 5 (1990): 434–75. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41154792.

Is Referenced By

Digital Scriptorium: https://search.digital-scriptorium.org/catalog/DS10261

Identifier

Fragmenta Manuscripta 188

Provenance

John Bagford (1650s-1716) to St. Martin-in-the-Fields; sale 1861 to Sir Thomas Phillipps, n.15758; his sale 22 May, 1913, lot 742; Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962) sale Sotheby's 3 April, 1957; William Salloch (Ossining NY) Cat. 258 (1968) to U. Missouri.

Language

French

Type

manuscript fragment

Coverage

France

Collection

Fragmenta Manuscripta Collection.

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