[Statutes and constitution of the Ordre de Saint-Michel].; Institutio de l'Ordre de S. Michel

Abstract:

Statutes and constitution of the Ordre de Saint-Michel, detailing the responsibilities of the knights of the order, such as attendance at an annual meeting on the Feast of St. Michael (September 29).

Timespan:

France.

Date:

1469

Identifier:

9935676823503681; (OCoLC)ocn155925501; (OCoLC)155925501; (CStRLIN)PAUR04-B15; (PU)3567682-penndb-Voyager

Language:

French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)

Provenance:

Sold by W. & G. Foyle, 1954.

Publisher:

[France], [between 1469 and 1476]

Subject:

Military religious orders -- France.; Orders of knighthood and chivalry -- France.; Orders of knighthood and chivalry.; Military religious orders.; Political science.; Codices.; Constitutions.; Bylaws.; Manuscripts, French.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

45 leaves : parchment; 201 x 144 (150 x 92) mm bound to 209 x 155 mm

Corporate Name:

Ordre de Saint-Michel.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Origin: Written in France between 1469 and 1476.; Binding: 19th-century gilt red morocco (Zacour-Hirsch).; Ms. codex.; The date of the order's founding, 1469, appears on f. 33v; on the same page, a slightly later note refers to the position of the prévost maistre des ceremonies, which was instituted in 1476.; f. 1r: "[text] Loys par la grace de dieu roy de France. Savoir faisonz a touz presens et advenir ..."; Foliation: Parchment, ii + 45 + i; [1-45]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 22 long lines; frame-ruled in ink.; Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script.; Decoration: 4-line illuminated initial (f. 1r), gold letter on a red square decorated with gray (once silver?) vines and flowers.; Middle French.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 781