15929998400001312637261000Standard Recordobject-170645170197579458816215164180001701975718199fitz-onlineadlib-object-170645https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1706459e020790-260e-3899-96d8-82c7991bebe69referenceagent-153239adlib-agent-153239d8e74e61-a4a9-37b7-9e13-326601bb5becMurray, Charles Fairfaxreferenceagent-185088adlib-agent-1850880acdd3a2-bd8a-3bcb-94f3-a5e4e56e9d84Bertram, fifth earl of Ashburnham (1840 – 1913)referenceagent-185077adlib-agent-185077669b7c2b-8912-3aac-9e35-125475da5e0aBertram, fourth earl of Ashburnham (1797 – 1878)referenceagent-184698adlib-agent-184698bcdb16d5-8ba6-3124-af61-0befcc0874d1Barrois, Jean-Baptiste Josephreferenceterm-110558adlib-term-110558ee824bc5-8d70-3060-824d-9ed6f392557billuminated manuscriptreferenceterm-114522adlib-term-11452276be19ae-554e-3b73-af2d-112e09263aafmanuscriptreferenceterm-129826adlib-term-129826e5fa1d74-b829-3cf1-8848-5ca1d21716cdCharles Fairfax Murrayreferenceterm-106206adlib-term-106206da969d02-66a2-3e51-8dde-d1d8613f2ff6paperSupportHeightmm183Widthmm115TextHeightmm289Widthmm209PageManuscripts and Printed BooksPHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Paper (watermark Briquet no. 8658), ii modern paper flyleaves + 108 fols. + ii modern paper flyleaves, 289 x 209 (183 x 115) mm, 32 – 34 long lines, ruled in plummet, catchwords.
BINDING: nineteenth century, quarter blue morocco with blue marbled paper over pasteboards, pink silk bookmark
CONTENTS: fols. 1r – 86v Christine de Pisan, Le livre des faits darmes et de chevalerie, Bks 1 – 3, with capitula.
DECORATION: Half-page pen drawings in black ink: fol. 3r Bk 1, Christine de Pisan at her desk within interior, outside Christine de Pisan and Minerva watching armour-makers in foreground, troop of cavalry in background; fol. 37r Bk 2, Embassy of Scipio Africanus to Syphax’s camp in search of a lost horse; fol. 66v Bk 3, Christine de Pisan’s dream in which Honoré Bonnor (‘un pesant ancien sage auctorise juge’) appears to her.
ORNAMENTATION: Red penwork initials [6 ll.] for books; red penwork initials [2 – 4 ll.] for chapters; capitals highlighted in red.MS Charles Fairfax Murray 211accession numberMS Charles Fairfax Murray 21170645priref170645project ID126urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170645https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170645capitulum, fol. 2rItem deuisesecundo foliomain text, fol. 4rleurs ennemsecundo folioreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-153239adlib-agent-153239d8e74e61-a4a9-37b7-9e13-326601bb5becMurray, Charles Fairfax190419041904given14701470CE1470circa1470148011480CE1480circa1480authorreferenceagent-185039adlib-agent-1850390934a098-0ab7-3c19-9f9f-4f2f00dcf778Pisan, Christine deprinterreferenceagent-185038adlib-agent-185038cec6da3d-4656-3463-bfe1-7e1b64a5d857Vérard, Antoinereferenceterm-129033adlib-term-129033d365e996-945c-3418-9d8f-d9500a85b0c815th Century#referenceterm-129470adlib-term-1294708353db27-fba9-33c1-94a1-f268fd2a2d21Parisreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldreferencemedia-202412adlib-media-20241286c70615-2ba2-38fa-a252-3680201031fdjpegmsspb/msspb17/MS_20CFM_2021_28f37r_29.jpg1heightpixels1024widthpixels76816162644123861imagejpegmsspb/msspb17/mid_MS_20CFM_2021_28f37r_29.jpg1heightpixels667widthpixels50016162644123861imagejpegmsspb/msspb17/MS_20CFM_2021_28f37r_29.jpg1heightpixels1024widthpixels76816162644123861imagejpegmsspb/msspb17/preview_MS_20CFM_2021_28f37r_29.jpg1heightpixels333widthpixels25016162644123861image0media
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imagereferenceterm-130302adlib-term-1303020a2f9320-5d8d-3aba-a4b5-783204e89f10othertype of texthistory noteJean-Baptiste Joseph Barrois (1784 – 1855); Bertram, fourth earl of Ashburnham (1797 – 1878), Barrois collection, no. 378; Bertram, fifth earl of Ashburnham (1840 – 1913); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 10 – 14 June 1901, lot 115; Charles Fairfax Murray (1849 – 1919); his gift, 1904.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreference numberliteralnameCambridge IlluminatedCambridge Illuminated12referencepublication-200002498adlib-publication-200002498c2fec000-e5a2-3f51-9706-9f7264ca71abPer un edizione critica dell’ “Epistre Othea” di Christine de Pizan35 – 37referencepublication-3501adlib-publication-350125126ce9-a73c-3508-adcc-d41f7fac9da5A Descriptive Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Musuem Acquired between 1895-1979 (excluding the McClean Collection)referencepublication-8426adlib-publication-84266b678268-aa0a-386a-b0c0-6349ae59b405A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part One. Vol. 1: The Frankish Kingdoms, Northern Netherlands, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Austria; Vol. II: The Meuse Region, Southern Netherlandsreferenceterm-130302adlib-term-1303020a2f9320-5d8d-3aba-a4b5-783204e89f10otherotherreferenceterm-113770adlib-term-1137709b7e390e-403f-33c7-a177-ce0d74ea82b3penworkreferenceterm-25908adlib-term-2590873499d13-1ec4-30b6-aed9-641f768c023billuminationLe Livre des faits darmes et de chevalerieobject
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