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Manuscripts, French

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Manuscripts entirely or partially in French

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Bible Historiale by Guyart des Moulins, 1314-1315

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Identifier: MS 19
Contents This manuscript is the earliest dated copy of the Bible Historiale of Guyart Desmoulins. It is a French translation of the Historia Scholastica of Petrus Comestor (which was originally in Latin), combined with the first full translation of the vulgate Bible into French. Guyart Desmoulins originally translated this in circa 1295. Because the Bible Historiale is in the vernacular, it made both...
Dates: 1314-1315
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Book of Hours (Use of Paris), 15th century

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Identifier: MS 36
Contents A Book of Hours from the 15th century in Latin and French, of French origin. The Use is Parisian. The Kalendar and Litany are also probably Parisian. Some of the prayers have masculine endings on the adjectives, meaning that it was produced for a man.Kalendar (in French): starts on f.1Sequences of the Gospels (in Latin): starts on f.13.Obsecro te Domina (in Latin): starts on f.19. This has...
Dates: 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Book of Hours (Use of Paris), end of the 15th century

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Identifier: MS 309
Contents Book of Hours in French and Latin from the end of the 15th century, of French provenance and possibly Parisian. The Use is that of Paris.Kalendar: ff. 1r-6v. Contains commemorations of Saints and Martyrs, and other festivities; the most important are written in golden letters, whereas the other lines alternate blue and red for effect. Written in French. The French, and possibly Parisian, provenance is also suggested by the prominence given to the festivity of...
Dates: end of the 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Book of Hours (Use of Paris), first half of the 15th century

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Identifier: MS 310
Contents

This manuscript is an illuminated book of hours (Use of Paris) written in France (Paris?) in the first half of the 15th century.


For a full description of the manuscript, including writing and provenance, see the bibiography note in "Additional description".

Dates: first half of the 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Book of Hours (Use of Paris), early 15th century

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Identifier: MS 302
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This manuscript is an illuminated book of hours (Use of Paris) written in France (Paris?) in the early 15th century.


For a full description of the manuscript, including writing and provenance, see the bibiography note in "Additional description".

Dates: early 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Book of Hours (Use of Rome), 15th century

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Identifier: MS 37
Scope and Contents Book of Hours in Latin and French from the 15th century, of Northern French or Flemish origin. The Use is that of Rome. In so far as the Kalendar is distinctive, it points to Saint Omer (see the local saints reported).Kalendar: starts on f. 1r. Contains commemorations of Saints and Martyr, and other festivities (the most important are written in red).8 June: Saint Omer en fleurs (also known as Saint Audomar, bishop...
Dates: 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Book of Hours (Use of Rouen), 15th or 16th century

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Identifier: MS 304
Contents

This manuscript is an illuminated book of hours (Use of Rouen) written in France (Rouen?) in the 15th or 16th century.


For a full description of the manuscript, including writing and provenance, see the bibiography note in "Additional description".

Dates: 15th or 16th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Book of Hours (Use of Rouen), end of the 15th century / beginning of the 16th century

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Identifier: MS 306
Contents

This manuscript is an illuminated book of hours (Use of Rouen) written in France (Rouen?) at the end of the 15th / beginning of the 16th century.


For a full description of the manuscript, including writing and provenance, see the bibiography note in "Additional description".

Dates: end of the 15th century / beginning of the 16th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Book of Hours (Use of Sens), c 1400

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Identifier: MS 44
Contents Book of Hours (Use of Sens) in Latin from the 15th century, of French origin.Kalendar (in French): starts f.1Sequences of the Gospels (in Latin): starts .13. It consists of two sections starting with the following words: In principio erat, which goes until f.14, and In ill tempore missus, which is from f.14 verso to f.15 verso.Hours of...
Dates: c 1400
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Book of Hours (Use of Toul), 16th century

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Identifier: MS 45
Contents Book of Hours, use of Toul. It is of French origin (Toul) and is from the 15th-16th century, but based on external evidence is probably from after 1499. Inserted into the first border [fol.15r] there is a coat of arms of Anne of Brittany, Queen of France. She married Charles VIII of France in 1491 and later his successor, Louis XII in 1499. External evidence suggests that the book must have been written for her after her marriage with Louis XII. It is curious, however, that none of the...
Dates: 16th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts