L'arbre des batailles

Name:

Bonet, Honoré, active 1378-1398

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1400

Description:

A treatise on war in four parts.

Language:

French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)

Provenance:

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

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

127 leaves : paper, illustrations; 200 x 134 (145 x 94) mm bound to 206 x 137 mm

Rights:

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

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.; Foliation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 127 + ii (modern paper); [1-127]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 23-25 long lines; ruled in ink.; Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Rubricated headings and initials throughout; some initials decorated with faces (f. 2r, 7v, 8r).; Binding: 19th-century calf.; Origin: Written in France[?], in the 15th century.; 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.; Middle French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 622