Contemporary manuscript copy of La Pucelle D’Orleans

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CMV:

CMV34117

Shelfmark:

MS249, ‘La Pucelle D’Orleans’

Title:

Contemporary manuscript copy of La Pucelle D’Orleans

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Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist

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Brief Summary:

Manuscript volume copy of Voltaire’s La Pucelle D’Orleans, (1750), a satirical poem about Joan of Arc.

Detailed Summary:

The heading to each ‘Chant’ is written in green ink, with marginal notes in a different hand from the text.

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Physical Description

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301 ff.

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Marginal notes have been added throughout in a different hand from the text.

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Date:

1750

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A letter from Dr Claudine I Wilson regarding the date of the manuscript is inserted.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024