Des fais d'Armes
Description: A very curious and well preserved copy of the tract Des fais d'Armes, by Christine de Pisan. The tract is divided into four books, the beginning of each ornamented with an illumination. The first illumination contains a portrait of the author, similar exactly in dress to most of th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Marlborough, Wiltshire :
Adam Matthew Digital,
2019.
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| Series: | AM Scholar: Medieval and Early Modern Studies.
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| Summary: | Description: A very curious and well preserved copy of the tract Des fais d'Armes, by Christine de Pisan. The tract is divided into four books, the beginning of each ornamented with an illumination. The first illumination contains a portrait of the author, similar exactly in dress to most of those in Harl 4431. Her name appears in the rubric prefixed to the prologue "Cy commence Le Livre des Fays d'Armes et de Chevalerie." This copy is beautifully written on vellum, and is dated at London in 1434 Vellum; ff 115. 15th century. |
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| Item Description: | Harl 4605. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |