Accession number
MS M.36
Object title
Roman de la violette.
Display Date
between 1414 and 1474.
Created
France, between 1414 and 1474.
Binding
Olive morocco inlaid by Thompson of London lettered: Le Roment de la Violette - MS du 15 siècle.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1903.
Description
112 leaves (1 column, 23-29 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 280 x 200 mm
Provenance
Joseph Barrois Collection (no. 352), sold in 1849 to the Earl of Ashburnham; his sale (London, 1901, no. 235) to Quaritch; John E. Kerr Collection (cat., 1903, p. 7-8, no. 5, and plate); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Kerr Collection in 1903; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written in France, ca. 1414-1474.
Decoration: blue and red ink initials.
Decoration: blue and red ink initials.
Script
bastarda
Language
French
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