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Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, Robbins Collection, Robbins MS 091

Description: ff. iv + 129 + iii - Red morocco attributed to Padeloup; spine and edges decorated in gilt; title on spine, Bonor/ Arbre des/ Bataille/ Manuscr/ 1425 - Adhemarus; Abbé de Cersan, MS n. 1150; Henry J. B. Clements; purchased for the Robbins Collection from Alan G. Thomas (1979).

Notes:-Signature of Adhemarus, f. v verso; bookplate of Henry J.B. Clements inside front cover.

Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 5

Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/RobbinsMS091_11

Language: French Country: France Century: 15th


Part 1: ff. 2r-130v
Description: - Paper - Arc Briquet 809; Raisin Briquet 13002; Tête de Boeuf Briquet 14312; each making up about a third of the codex. - 273 x 202 mm - 31-32 long lines; vertical and horizontal bounding lines ruled in lead.
Country: France	Cardinal point:
Region:	City:
Assigned Date: s. XV¹	Searchable Date Range: 1425 - 1425
Dated by scribe: Yes	Inscribed Date: 1425
Document: No	Number of Scribes: 1
Scribe(s): Iohannes de Quadrinno
Script: Cursive.
Figurative Decoration: Occasional human or animal heads in initials and in frames around catchwords.
Other Decoration: 2-line initials in red; headings in red.
Notes: Colophon, f. 127r. Medieval foliation in red roman numerals, upper right corner, beginning with 2 (i.e. first leaf missing).
Number of Texts: 1

Text 1: ff. 2r-130v

Author: Honoré Bonet

Other Associate: Sometimes attributed to Christine de Pizan.

Title: L'Arbre des batailles

Language(s): French

Notes: Text of lost f. 1 supplied on f. iv r-v in a later hand; marginal notes throughout in same hand as signature of Adhemarus; index, ff. 127v-130v.