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| Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department,
Widener 001 | Description: ff. ii + 73 + iv - S. XIX#^ex# or s. XX#^in#, French, red velvet over boards with silver corner pieces, gilt edges. - Beuville family, seigneurs de la Seraulté, Normandy, s. XV; Jean Berger, s. XVI; Alisié (dealer), Paris, 1891; Joseph Baer, Frankfurt, May 1900; George Clifford Thomas, Philadelphia; Ada E. Moorhead Thomas, Philadelphia; P. A. B. Widener, Philadelphia. - De Ricci, p. 2115, no. 1; Livre du Chastel de Labour, par Jean Bruyant: A Description of an Illuminated Manuscript of the s.XV, ([Philadelphia], 1909); Leaves of Gold, p. 36, no. 70; E. König,G. Bartz, Das Buch vom erfüllten Leben (Lucerne, 2005) - reproduced in facsimile in König and Bartz, Das Buch vom erfüllten Leben (Lucerne, 2005). | Notes:-Coats of arms of Beuville family, seigneurs de la Seraulté, Normandy, and their motto "nulle que vous" in some borders. Signature of Jean Berger, s. XVI, on f. 1r. "Inv. no. 1074" inscribed on detached leaf inserted at end of book. | Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 8 | Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/Widener001_4 | Language: French Country: France Century: 15th |
| Part 1: ff. 1r-73v | Description: - Parchment - 210 x 145 mm - 1 column of 26 lines, ruled in red ink. | Country: France | Cardinal point: | Region: | City: Paris | Assigned Date: s. XV2/4 | Searchable Date Range: 1425 - 1450 | Dated by scribe: No | Inscribed Date: | Document: No | Number of Scribes: ; | Script: Ba^tarde | Artist(s): Fastolf Master | Figurative Decoration: 46 half-page miniatures, 1 historiated roundel in margin (f. 1r) and marginal scenes in border of f. 61v | Other Decoration: 46 full foliate borders (rinceaux); decorated 2-line initials throughout | Notes: This manuscript, which has been dated to ca. 1430-1440, was previously attributed to a follower of the Bedford Master. Latin | Acknowledgments: - We thank Dr. Patricia Stirnemann for her observations on the inscription mentioned in the text notes. | Number of Texts: 1 |
| Text 1: ff. 1r-73v | Title: La voie de Povreté ou de Richesse (The Way of Poverty or of Wealth) | Title:
Ci commence le livre du chastel de labour de povrete et de richesse et comme besoing necessite souffrete et disete viennient assaillir un homs nouvel marie soy gisant en son lit.
| Language(s): French | Incipit: On dit souvent a reprochier / un proverbe que iay moult | Explicit: Que veoiz me puisse ou demaine. | Notes: Missing last sixteen lines of text; Missing leaf at end. Inscription on f. 73v in s. XV hand notes number of folios, which is consistent with present number. | |
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