Etat de la recherche de la noblesse de la generalite d'Alencon

Name:

Marle, de, Monsieur

Timespan:

17th century

Date:

1666/1667

Description:

Lists of the noble families in Alençon and eight other parishes in the Normandy region of northwest France, arranged first alphabetically by parish and then alphabetically by surname, with notes on the status of their claim to nobility (p. 3-109), followed by an index by surname (p. 111-133) and a comparison of this copy of de Marle's work with another unknown copy of the same work (p. 1-29).

Language:

French

Provenance:

Bookplate inside front cover: Ex libris B[ar]on Du Charmel, No. 1504 (lion and crown, motto "Que Sçay Ie?").; Note in pencil inside front flyleaf suggests this volume was purchased by an earlier owner from Gaston or Henri Saffroy in 1949.; Purchased, 1968.

Subject:

Nobility -- France -- Normandy; Nobility; Social conditions

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

87 leaves : paper; 369 x 220 mm bound to 378 x 238 mm

Geographic Subject:

Alençon (France) -- Social conditions; France -- Social conditions -- 17th century; France; France -- Normandy

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (p. 1; two illegible words represented by the mark of omission); date based on latest date in work (e.g., p. 6).; Table of contents: 1. p.1-133: Etat de la recherche de la noblesse de la generalite d'Alencon / M. de Marle.; Table of contents: 2. p.1-29: Différences entre le recherche de Marle ci jointe et une autre copie de la même recherche.; Notes on the title page explain that the lists include ancient noble families, those who were referred to the Conseil, those who were condemned as usurpers, those who received noble status after 1614, and those who are exempt from the tax, and explain how these various categories are marked in the lists.; Pagination: Paper, ii (later paper) + 87 + ii (later paper); 1-133, [i], 1-29, [xi]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Binding: Half pigskin (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in Alençon in 1666 and 1667.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1022