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| | New York, Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library,
J1.C3813 | | Description: ff. 200 - Bound, s. XVII, in brown calf, gilt, with the armorial stamp on both covers, "F.I.A.T., Carolus de Castellan, 1663" as legend around the arms, surmounted by a crown and an abbot's miter and crozier; red edges. - Yves du Fou, chevalier and capitaine de Lezigney (mentioned in Paris, BN fr. 193); Madelene de Monpesat, s. XVI; ab. Charles de Castellan (d. 1677); obtained, March 1925, from Edouard Champion of Paris by Acton Griscom (b. 1891); his gift, May 1925. - De Ricci, p. 1268. | | Notes:-On Yves du Fou, see M. Prinet, "Manuscrits de la librarie d'Yves du Fou, grand veneur de France," La bibliographie moderne16 (1912) 313-319. | | Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 7 | | Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/J1.C3813_20 | | Language: French Country: France Century: 15th |
| | Part 1: ff. 1-200 | | Description: - Parchment - 195 x 132 mm | | Country: France | Cardinal point: | | Region: | City: | | Assigned Date: s. XVex | Searchable Date Range: 1485 - 1499 | | Dated by scribe: No | Inscribed Date: | | Document: No | Number of Scribes: ; | | Script: Cursive bâtarde with opening words of the chapters in a gothic script. | | Other Decoration: Alternating red and blue initials and paragraph marks; rubrics in red. | | Notes: Large number of leaves cut away, presumably all from beginnings of chapters with full borders and miniatures in round-arched compartments, to judge from the offset marks on facing pages. | | Number of Texts: 4 |
| | Text 1: ff. 1-192v | | Author: Jean Chartier | | Title: Histoire de France | | Language(s): French | | Notes: Ending in 1450; considerable loss of text due to leaves cut away for the sake of their decoration. | 
| f. 181
Note of the abbot Charles de Castellan, according to his "avis," 1663 (leaf now cut loose from binding).
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| | Text 2: ff. 192v-196 | | Author: Robert Regnault | | Title: Ballade faitte touchant la grant deception des Angloys | | Language(s): French | |
| | Text 3: ff. 196-198 | | Title:
Place names in Normandy reconquered by the French king
| | Language(s): French | |
| | Text 4: ff. 198-199v; f. 200r-v blank | | Title:
Description of the tax base in France; description of the battle against the English on 15 April 1450, "De la iournee de valongnes en bordeloys"
| | Language(s): French | 
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Notes by Acton Griscom with his price code (?), above the acquisition date of May 1925.
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