Ms. Codex 956 La vray-disant, advocate des dames
Title
La vray-disant, advocate des damesAuthors
- Marot, Jean, 1463-1523
Other related names
- Anne, 1476-1514, of Brittany, Consort of Louis XII, King of France
- Anne, 1476-1514, dedicatee
Call number
Ms. Codex 956(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9935890833503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155862700
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3589083
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
Middle FrenchOrigin
Written in France, ca. 1506 (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Date
- ca. 1506
- Place
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France
Summary
A partial copy of Jean Marot's La vray-disant, advocate des dames, originally written for Anne of Brittany, including most of the envoy of "Champ Royal," two rondeaux, a rebus, and the concluding section, "Ballade de la Paragonne des Dames," in which the letters at the start of the lines spell "Anne de Bretagne."
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title, author, and date from Zacour-Hirsch.
Extent
10 leaves : 202 x 138 (130 x 88) mm. bound to 215 x 144 mmFoliation
Parchment, i (modern parchment) + 10 + i (modern parchment); modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.Support
ParchmentBinding
Modern vellum.Layout
Script
Provenance
- "Ce livre est à moy / Jane Gaillarde" (f. 10r, visible with ultraviolet light).
- Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Conn.), 1962.
Subjects topical
- Women in literature
- Women--History--Early works to 1800
Genres
- Codices
- Poems
- Manuscripts, French--16th century
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
Keywords
- 16th century
- France
- French
- Literature -- Poetry
- History
Licenses
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