Type of description:

From the original

Typology

Others

Current_location

Institution

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Collection

Nouvelles acquisitions françaises

Present shelfmark

NAF 15944

Former shelfmark

Total pages

171 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Parchment

Textual composition

Single text

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Livre du Mirouer hystorial

Title position

f. 1r ; f. 171r-v

Attributed Title

Vincent de Beauvais, Speculum historiale, traduction française par Jean de Vignay,sous le titre Miroir historial

Language

Middle French

Script

Arabic,Armenian,Cyrillic,Greek,Hebrew,Karshuni,Latin

Incipit

Ci commance le XXIe livre du Mireoir hystorial. Le XXIe livre contient hystoire de lxviii ans par les temps de v empereres

Incipit position

f. 1r

Explicit

Charles roy d'Ytalie et le loerent moult. Ci fenist XXIV livre du Miroer hystorial

Explicit position

f. 171r

Preservation state

Complete

Released date

1370

Released place

Paris

Other dates

Other places

Colophon

Colophon position

General decoration

Yes

Quranic structure decoration

Quranic reading

Illustrations

Yes

Marginalia

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Work of two copyists, writers to King Charles V : Raoulet d'Orléans and Henri de Trévou Digitized item : https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8449708p

Entry author

Florence Ninitte