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Two-volume 1987 Belser facsimile of the Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, reproducing the manuscript copied and illustrated by Berthaud d’Achy around 1280.
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• Opera: Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun.
• Author/Copyist/Illuminator: 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 counts 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 distinguished 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 codex from the late 13th century (around 1280) containing the famous French allegorical poem Roman de la Rose (by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun).
• Signature / Prefect: Bears the signature of Leonardus E. Boyle O.P. (Leonard Boyle, Dominican historian, who was Prefect of the Vatican Library from 1984 to 1997).
• Edition: It is a high-quality facsimile published by Belser Verlag (Stuttgart/Zurich) in 1987, edited by Eberhard König.
• Opera: Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun.
• Author/Copyist/Illuminator: 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 counts 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 distinguished 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 codex from the late 13th century (around 1280) containing the famous French allegorical poem Roman de la Rose (by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun).
• Signature / Prefect: Bears the signature of Leonardus E. Boyle O.P. (Leonard Boyle, Dominican historian, who was Prefect of the Vatican Library from 1984 to 1997).
• Edition: It is a high-quality facsimile published by Belser Verlag (Stuttgart/Zurich) in 1987, edited 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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