Accession number
MS M.856
Object title
Polycraticus sive De nugis curialium (MS M.856).
Display Date
ca. 1465.
Created
Brussels, Belgium, ca. 1465.
Binding
18th-century tan calf, in oval gilt stamp on covers the obliterated arms of the Abbey du Parc (three lily of the valley sprays and the inscription Parchensis Bibliothecae).
Credit line
Gift of Henry Fletcher, 1952.
Description
212 leaves (1 column, 39-40 lines), bound : paper ; 275 x 195 mm
Provenance
Premonstratensian Abbey du Parc (shelf mark K IV on second flyleaf verso); Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 9465); purchased by Henry Fletcher from E.P. Goldschmidt, Jan. 19, 1942; gift of Henry Fletcher in 1952.
Notes
Ms. Polycraticus; written in Belgium, in the Abbey du Parc near Brussels, ca. 1465.
Written on polished paper, which has double key watermark (Briquet 3819) used at Liège in 1465.
Written on polished paper, which has double key watermark (Briquet 3819) used at Liège in 1465.
Script
cursive
Language
Latin
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