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Title

L'arbre des batailles

Authors

• Bonet, Honoré, active 1378-1398

Other related names

• Keller, Alexandre de, former owner
• Poulin, George, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 622
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9924866393503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122492350
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2486639

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Middle French

Origin

Date

14--

Place

France?

Summary

A treatise on war in four parts.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from f. 1r.
   
• "Manuscrit de 1446" written on 19th-century endleaf and on small portion of former binding now attached to spine of 19th-century binding.
   
• Notes in a later hand on final folio attribute work to Honoré Bonnor; same attribution is on spine.
   
• Some water damage, upper outer corner of first portion; first two leaves have been repaired.
   

Extent

127 leaves : 200 x 134 (145 x 94) mm. bound to 206 x 137 mm

Foliation

Paper, ii (modern paper) + 127 + ii (modern paper); [1-127]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

19th-century calf.

Layout

Written in 23-25 long lines; ruled in ink.

Decoration

Rubricated headings and initials throughout; some initials decorated with faces (f. 2r, 7v, 8r).

Script

Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• George Poulin (ca. 1500); Alexandre de Keller (19th century).
   
• Purchased, 1953.
   

Subjects topical

• Military art and science--Early works to 1800
• Chivalry--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, French--15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• French
• France
• Paper
• Military art and science

Licenses

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover
• fol. 2r — Decorated initial, Face, f. 2r
• fol. 7v — Decorated initial, Face, f. 7v
• fol. 7v — Decorated ascender, f. 7v
• fol. 8r — Decorated initial, Face, f. 8r
• fol. 12v — Decorated catchword, f. 12v
• fol. 36v — Decorated catchword, f. 36v
• fol. 127r — Owner note, f. 127r
• fol. 127v — Owner signature, f. 127v