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Ordenary of ancient arms : repertory of arms in French MSS : manuscript, undated [15th cent.].

BIB_ID
224601
Accession number
MA 962
Display Date
undated [15th cent.].
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1919.
Description
1 item (ca. 114 p.), bound ; 43 cm
Provenance
Phillipps MS 8788; purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1919.
Summary
An armorial, with index, of coats of arms of French families. Collections of manuscript coats of arms within shields are grouped by symbol and arranged on each page in four rows, with grouped captions above each row. Occasionally arms are hand-colored, but most are pen and ink drawings containing indications of colors required. With an alphabetical index (in a later hand) of the arms represented (laid in preceding the text and p.51v-57v).