Contemporary copy of Chant 1 of ‘La Pucelle d’Orleans’
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CMV37529
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Contemporary copy of Chant 1 of ‘La Pucelle d’Orleans’
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Content
Incipit Diplomatic:
Je ne suis né pour celebrer les Saints
Incipit Modernised:
Je ne suis né pour célébrer les saints
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No
Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of ‘Chant 1’ of La Pucelle d’Orleans.
Detailed Summary:
This MS appears to be an early copy of the poem, later revised by a second hand to align with the Louvain edition. More than 120 changes have been made to the text throughout.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
8 ff.
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Dimensions:
242 x 185 mm
Hands:
2
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with an elaborate vase in a circle topped with a crown.
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Binding:
Contained within paper wrappers bearing the same watermark as the sheets of the MS. The sheets have been sewn together.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded), and has additionally been folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides. The lower right-hand corner of the MS has also been dog-eared. There are scorch marks throughout and the imprint of indistinguishable text along the right-hand side of the MS caused by a blind stamp.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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There are a series of corrections throughout added in a second hand. The majority of these corrections have been added superscript. Two lines of f.3r have been crossed out.
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History
Date:
c.18th
Ownership:
Sammlung Jochen Früh.
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vol.7
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