Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Others

Current_location

Institution

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Collection

Fonds français

Present shelfmark

fr. 5639

Former shelfmark

10264

Total pages

87 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Homogeneous

Writing support

Paper

Textual composition

Multiple text

Textual interval

fols 1r-76r

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

Recueil d'ouvrages sur l'Orient

Language

Middle French

Script

Latin

Incipit

Pour induyre et actraire les cueurs des nobles hommes

Incipit position

fol 1r

Explicit

s'il n'est si bien dictie que autres sceuroyent bien faire je suplie a tous qu'il me soit pardonné

Explicit position

fol 76r

Preservation state

Released date

1425

Released place

Other dates

Other places

Colophon

Colophon position

General decoration

No

Quranic structure decoration

No

Quranic reading

Illustrations

No

Marginalia

Yes

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/collections/2V23VVKM

Descriptive card

One of the four witnesses of Bertrandon de la Broquière's travel account known as the "Voyage d'Outremer". It also contains the "Advis de messire Jehan Torzelo" (fols. 78v-83r) and Bertrandon's answer ("L'advis et advertissement de ce qu'il semble à moy Betrandon de la Broquière,... touchant l'advis cy dessus escript, lequel messire Jehan Torzelo,... a faict...").

Entry author

Irene Reginato