[Verse chronicle of Metz].

Abstract:

The history of the city of Metz written in quatrains, including the establishment of the city; stories about St. Clement, the first bishop; accounts of numerous battles in the region; and actions of Henry II of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, towards the town.

Timespan:

Metz (France)

Date:

1553

Identifier:

9935615073503681; (OCoLC)ocn155925597; (OCoLC)155925597; (PU)3561507-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR04-B5

Language:

French

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal (New York, N. Y.), cat. I (1954), Item 70.28.; Formerly owned by Hermann Sucher (bookplate, inside upper cover).

Publisher:

[Metz, France], [between 1553 and 1576]

Subject:

Chronicles.; Poems.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Manuscripts, French.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

139 leaves : paper; 200 x 150 (173 x 77) mm bound to 208 x 170 mm

Personal Name:

Henry; Charles; Sucher, Hermann, former owner.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Foliation: Paper, ii (19th-century paper) + 139 + ii (19th-century paper); 1, 7, [i], 10-14, 29-126, 129-161; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto, [1-139], modern foliation in pencil, lower center recto. References in this record are to the modern foliation.; The name Richard appears at the end of the work (f. 139v) in a hand that may be contemporary but does not appear elsewhere in the work.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Ms. codex.; Layout: Written in 5 or 6 quatrains per page; frame-ruled in ink.; Script: Written in several different cursive scripts, with quatrains in one hand, section headings and marginal dates in another, and the entries for 1554 through 1576 (f. 105v-139v) in a third hand.; Binding: 19th-century calf (Zacour-Hirsch); spine is partly missing and is detached from upper cover.; Origin: Written in Metz between 1553 (f. 124v) and 1576 (f. 139r).; Incipit: Par ce moien voisineuf eur nom / ne depuis ... (f. 1r).; Middle French.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 930