Accession number
MS M.503
Object title
Roman de la Rose.
Created
Paris, France, ca. 1340.
Binding
20th-century full brown morocco; lettered: G. de Lorris et J. de Meung - Le Roman de la Rose - Manuscrit Francais - XIV siècle; in brown morocco case.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
144 leaves (2 columns, 40 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 300 x 210 mm
Provenance
Owned ca. 1400 by Guimet de Pestel ( partially obliterated inscription on fol. 144v); later in the 15th century owned by a "Jovany ess..." (erased inscription on last flyleaf); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Leo S. Olschki in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Paris, France, ca. 1340.
Texts: Roman de la Rose, begun by Guillaume de Lorris (fols. 1r - 28r) and finished by Jean de Meun (fols. 28v - 144r).
Decoration: 1 half-page and 28 small miniatures.
Artist: Richard and Mary Rouse have tentatively attributed the illustrations to Jeanne de Montbaston, a book dealer and illuminator, on circumstantial evidence.
Revised: 2015
Texts: Roman de la Rose, begun by Guillaume de Lorris (fols. 1r - 28r) and finished by Jean de Meun (fols. 28v - 144r).
Decoration: 1 half-page and 28 small miniatures.
Artist: Richard and Mary Rouse have tentatively attributed the illustrations to Jeanne de Montbaston, a book dealer and illuminator, on circumstantial evidence.
Revised: 2015
Language
Old French
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