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Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, produced or copied in Paris around 1280 by Berthaud d'Achy, with collocation at the Vatican Apostolic Library (Urb. lat. 376) in good condition and two objects.
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• Opera: Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun.
• Author/Scribe/Minaturist: Created or copied in Paris around 1280 by Berthaud d'Achy (who served as scribe and principal painter).
• Location: Vatican Apostolic Library, Urb. lat. collection (Urb. lat. 376).
• Physical characteristics: The codex comprises 260 pages, enriched with 93 miniatures decorated in gold and 624 colored initials (often finished in gold).
• Digitization: It is available online via the Vatican Library's DigitVatLib portal.
• Facsimile edition: In 1987 a notable two-volume facsimile edition (text and commentary edited by Eberhard König and Gabriele Bartz) was published by Belser Verlag.
• Original manuscript: Urb. lat. 376, a parchment manuscript from the late 13th century (circa 1280) containing the famous French allegorical poem Roman de la Rose (by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun).
• Signature / Prefect: It bears the signature of Leonardus E. Boyle O.P. (Leonard Boyle, Dominican friar and historian, who was Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library from 1984 to 1997).
• Edition: This is a premium facsimile published by Belser Verlag (Stuttgart/Zurich) in 1987, curated by Eberhard König.
• Opera: Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun.
• Author/Scribe/Minaturist: Created or copied in Paris around 1280 by Berthaud d'Achy (who served as scribe and principal painter).
• Location: Vatican Apostolic Library, Urb. lat. collection (Urb. lat. 376).
• Physical characteristics: The codex comprises 260 pages, enriched with 93 miniatures decorated in gold and 624 colored initials (often finished in gold).
• Digitization: It is available online via the Vatican Library's DigitVatLib portal.
• Facsimile edition: In 1987 a notable two-volume facsimile edition (text and commentary edited by Eberhard König and Gabriele Bartz) was published by Belser Verlag.
• Original manuscript: Urb. lat. 376, a parchment manuscript from the late 13th century (circa 1280) containing the famous French allegorical poem Roman de la Rose (by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun).
• Signature / Prefect: It bears the signature of Leonardus E. Boyle O.P. (Leonard Boyle, Dominican friar and historian, who was Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library from 1984 to 1997).
• Edition: This is a premium facsimile published by Belser Verlag (Stuttgart/Zurich) in 1987, curated by Eberhard König.
Details
Era
Before 1400
Number of objects
2
Country
Europe
Geographical specification
France
Map maker/publisher
Belser - Commento Epos
Map/book title
Roman de la Rose di Guillaume de Lorris e Jean de Meun. Collocazione: Biblioteca Apostolica
Period
1400-1420
Condition
Good
Additional Information
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Height
34 cm
Width
25 cm
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