The manuscript title is written in Voltaire’s hand, the verso features the lines ‘Trop de vers || de Rillet || sur le suicide,’ also penned by Voltaire.

The titular phrase ‘Proscription du comte d’Orange’ is written in Voltaire’s hand.

This manuscript relates to Votaire’s ambitious, yet ultimately unsuccessful project of building a church. His intentions are documented in his correspondence with various individuals, including Chauvelin, Thiriot, Helvetius, Marmontel, Algarotti, and d’Argental.

According to an unknown editor, the foliation is 321-330.