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Title

De Merles

Authors

• Merles, Francois de

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1206
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9943226293503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232665091
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4322629

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin, with marginal notes and accounts in French

Origin

Date

between 1475 and 1525

Place

France

Summary

Memoirs and accounts of Francois de Merles. The author writes of his time spent in Rome, along with his studies in Avignon and Pavia. Frequent mentions of the plague can be found throughout. Also refers to such contemporaries as Pope Alexander VI (f. 5r), his son Cesare Borgia (f. 7v), and Palamede de Forbin (f. 10v). Biographical entries end around the year 1510 (f. 12r). Much of the remainder of the book is a combination of biographical notes alongside accounts. Many of the entries after this point have been crossed out, but are still fully legible. Contains one loose leaf with contemporary notes on it.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from upper cover.
   

Watermark

The majority of the book (through f. 78) contains a watermark of a tri-towered castle within a coat of arms, topped with a six-pointed star. The rest consist of a goose-like bird within a circle (f. 82-102), and a tulip-like shape within an oval coat of arms, topped with a six-pointed star or flower (f. 107-118).

Extent

118 leaves : 385 x 210 mm. bound to 390 x 222 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, 118 leaves; [i], 1-12, 14-15, 58-68, 80-90, [i], 91-103, 105-115, 117-132, 175-198, 272, 275, 280-287, 290-292, 291, [i]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum (Zacour-Hirsch), with three brown leather straps tied with white leather strips on binding. Middle leather strap attaches with metal buckle to leather strap on lower cover.

Layout

Written in 2 columns, ruled with ink, the left being larger than the right. Right-hand column is used for marginal notes.

Decoration

Coat of arms with three birds in a single band (f. 7r); pointing hand in margin (f. 8v); hand in coat of arms (f. 59v); coat of arms with two bands and 3 small decorations (f. 69v).

Script

Written in multiple cursive secretary hands, with marginal French notes in a later hand.

Provenance

• Sold by Emil Offenbacher (New York), 1956.
   

Subjects topical

• Papacy--History--1447-1565
• Plague--France--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Memoirs
• Accounts
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• 16th century
• French
• France
• Accounts
• Paper
• History

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