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Title

Le Château périlleux

Authors

• Robert de Saint-Martin, frère, d. 1388

Call number

Ms. Codex 660
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9924874463503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122638331
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2487446

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Middle French

Origin

Date

between 1450 and 1460

Place

Northern France

Summary

Two works written in one hand: A copy of Frère Robert's Château périlleux, (f. 1r-85v), and a second work, Le Pelerinage de Damoiselle Sapience, (f. 86r-95v). Account of the Passion of Jesus Christ is interpolated in first work (f. 51r-63v).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from incipit (f. 1r).
   
• First work, incipit (f. 1r): Cy commence le chateau perilleux compose par ung devot religieux nomme Robert; (f. 85v)...Explicit Le chastiau perilleux.
   
• Second work, incipit (f. 86r): Damoiselle Sapience sen ala oultre mer en pelerinage par devotion...
   
• Attribution to Robert de Saint-Martin made by Sister Marie Brisson.
   
• Moderate to heavy oxidation of ink at the end, particularly f. 86-95.
   

Extent

101 leaves : 202 x 141 (134 x 88) mm. bound to 208 x 145 mm

Foliation

Paper, iii (modern paper) + 95 + iii (modern paper); [1-95]; 19th-century[?] foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Half calf dated 1813.

Layout

Written in 28 long lines; ruled in ink; prickings visible.

Decoration

5-line puzzle initial in red and blue with red penwork ornamentation (f. 1r); 2-line red or blue initials throughout; capitals touched in yellow; red or blue paragraph marks; red used for underlining.

Script

Written in bâtarde script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by J. A. J. Delignières de Bommy d'Abbéville (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamp, f. 1r); M. Victor Advielle d'Arras 1889 (bookplate, flyleaf i recto; stamp, f. 1r, f. 95v).
   
• Purchased, 1952.
   

Subjects topical

• Asceticism--Early works to 1800
• Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature
• Devotional literature, French
• Monastic and religious life--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Spirituality--Catholic Church

Genres

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

Keywords

• 15th century
• Private devotional text
• Christian
• France
• Paper

Licenses

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover
• fol. 1r — Puzzle initial, Initial M, f. 1r
• fol. 1r — Owner stamp, f. 1r
• fol. 95v — Owner stamp, f. 95v