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- Later marks in colored pencil and a blue 5-pointed star stamp., Housed behind glass in a modern, wooden frame (125 x 280 mm) visible on one side only; dealer's prospectus on back., Fifteenth-century, French receipt by Charles, Duke of Orleans' valet for money received from the Duke's treasury. The Duke, who had run into financial difficulties several years earlier during his 25-year captivity in England, took a book of ballads from the valet and gave it to a money lender, presumably as collateral security. The money lender appears to have absconded with the book. See bibliographic file for complete transaction and translation., French secretary script (cursiva libraria), and Written in Blois, France and dated 14 July 1462 in the document. Signed by Bertrand in lower right corner. Several marks: a number in the left margin including, "339990" in ink of a later hand, "14 Juillet 1462" in pencil just below main text, "2913" in red colored pencil, "T474" in red ink, a "+" symbol in orange colored pencil, and a blue 5-pointed star stamp all towards the center below the main text. Owned by Sir Thomas Philipps (d. 1792-1872). Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn Ohio, in July of 2005.
- Date Created:
- 1462-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Contemporary binding of tawed leather over beveled wooden boards; marks from a clasp once on edge of front cover; inscription on front cover: Martyrologe de Nangis terres de l’eglise de Nangis; prickings along the outer margin on some leaves, The upper board of a Register of anniversary days when services are to be performed for the dead. Mainly comprised of a calendar which mentions for each day the names of the donors to be honored by a mass, or the names of the relevant saints honored locally. Some of the donors listed have been crossed out, their donation having expired, and other prestigious families such as the Montmorency-Bouchard family, have been respectfully preserved. Cover title: Martyrologe de Nangis terres de l’eglise de Nangis., and Written in Nangis, France over the period of the late 13th to early 16th centuries. Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 2007.
- Date Created:
- [1200 TO 1625]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Later inscriptions identifying the manuscript., Housed behind glass in a modern, wooden frame (245 x 345) visible on one side only; dealer's prospectus on back., Fifteenth-century, French charter of Charles the Bold (1433-1477), last reigning Duke of Burgundy, granting a pension to his faithful vassal Ranlequin de Fontaines for wounds he received during military service. The military service probably included Charles' 1475 campaign in Lorraine. The document is signed by Charles and several of his important advisers including the Bishop of Tournai. Other names mentioned include: Master Pierre Bogart, Jehan Ondart, and J. Gros. For complete transcription and translation of this document see bibliographic file., Burgundian Bastard (cursiva media/libraria) script, and Written in Nancy, Duchy of Lorraine (Lothaire), modern day France in 1475. Document must have been written shortly after Charles' capture of Nancy in 1475, which he promptly lost to René II, Duke of Lorraine in 1476. The text reads, "donne en notre ville de nanc_," the rest of the word is cropped, but most likely refers to Nancy. "Copie" written in the same hand along the top; faded pencil inscription along the bottom; scribal inscription, in less formal hand just below text, "Ceste copie a este collotionne aux lesd. Originals par moy" followed by elaborate signature. Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn Ohio, in July of 2005.
- Date Created:
- 1475-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Housed behind glass in a modern, wooden frame (190 x 300) visible on one side only; dealer's prospectus on back., Fifteenth-century, French charter of Marie of Cleaves (1426-1487), Duchess of Orleans and wife of Charles d'Orleans, confirming that her furrier, Jean Adam, has sent various cloaks and other garments through her good friend Master Pierre Sauvage, the Duke's counselor and keeper of the seals. See bibliographic file for complete transcription and translation., French secretary script (cursive media), and Written in Blois, France and dated 5 March 1440. Marie became Duchess in late 1440 so dating is from old calendar which ran from the end of March, making this 5 March 1441 according to modern calendar. Document signed by Marie at the end of the text: "Marie par le commandement de madame la duchesse", followed by elaborate scribal signature. Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library form Mackus Company in July of 2005.
- Date Created:
- 1441-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Two different illegible near-contemporary inscriptions in the left margin., Two parchment ties are attached to the bifolium., 4 line inscription on f. 2r after the main text. A black ink stamp comprising a crown and three fleur-de-lis on a shield and vine-stem decoration and words “13S4 Denier Orleans.”, Legal document, possibly an inventory, with a notorial signature., Written in a 18th century French cursive legal script., and Produced in France and dated “6 Avril 1720” in a contemporary hand in the upper left corner on f. 1r. Also, on f. 1r: a black ink stamp of “13S4 Diener Orleans.” Gift of Western Michigan University Department of History to Special Collections in 2005.
- Date Created:
- 1720-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Contemporary binding of tawed leather over beveled wooden boards; marks from a clasp once on edge of front cover; inscription on front cover: Martyrologe de Nangis terres de l’eglise de Nangis; prickings along the outer margin on some leaves; worm holes along the surface and tail of the wooden boards., The lower board of a Register of anniversary days when services are to be performed for the dead. Mainly comprised of a calendar which mentions for each day the names of the donors to be honored by a mass, or the names of the relevant saints honored locally. Some of the donors listed have been crossed out, their donation having expired, and other prestigious families such as the Montmorency-Bouchard family, have been respectfully preserved., and Written in Nangis, France over the period of the late 13th to early 16th centuries. Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 2007.
- Date Created:
- [1200 TO 1625]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- The dictionary contains a selective bibliography of Cistercian authors. and Haas-Kurzmann.
- Date Created:
- 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- La Documentation cistercienne and Cistercian Reference Works
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- Notorial signature attributed to Michel Marquet. A slash over the signature with no loss of text. The parchment is very thin, wrinkled and folded. Tall ascenders along the first line., Receipt for the final payment of the settlement of the Late King Louis XI, written by Michel Marquet, notary and secretary of King Charles VIII of France on 16 July 1486. The receipt addresses the "commis a la distribucion de certaine grant somme de deniers" the moneys to be used for "ensions des seigneurs des anciennes lignes des haultes almaignes et nacion de suysse" the remainder of the settlement made by King Louis XI re "la franche de bourgogne" for the sum of 1309 livres 14 solz and 9 deniers tournois received from the Treasurer General of Languedoc, Bayart. Signed by marget with his notarial symbol followed by a restatement of the sum received., and 1 column of 7 lines unruled written in cursive documentary script.
- Date Created:
- 1486-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Catchword partially cropped on the lower margin of f. 162v., 16th century gilt-tooled arabesque binding or pasteboard, with small marks on edges of boards where clasps were once attached. Binding damaged. Stub of missing leaf between ff. 10v - 11r., On f. 54r: 4-line historiated initial in pink enclosing the Virgin and St. Anne on gold grounds, with a three-quarter decorated board derived from a depiction of the acanthus plant containing occasional hairline foliage and vines, and flowers in gold, and fruit. Some names in the calendar are written in gold. Long ornamental cadelles extending into the top and lower margins, some with skilled caricatures of human faces. Rubricated in red, blue and gold. A 1-line initial in gold on pink and blue grounds with white penwork with line fillers of bars or flower heads on same line. 2-line initials in blue or pink on gold enclosing foliage or colored balls or flowers or foliage or fruit on grounds of gold. On f. 36r: 3-line inital in blue with white penwork, enclosing pink and blue foliage with white penwork, on a ground of gold. On f. 51v and 108v: foliate motif border in outer margin derived from a depiction of the acanthus plant containing occasional hairline foliage and vines, and flowers in gold. On f. 157r: 2-line initial in blue with white penwork, enclosing a strawberry, on ground of gold. On f. 74r-v and f. 77v., outline impression of an initial and foliage border. Many pages have black, red, and blue ink stains. Gold and paint in the initials flaking from some leaves. On f. 8, the top of leaf is cropped with loss of text., A Book of Hours containing a calendar (missing calendar leaves for January and February); Gospel Readings followed by prayers; the Hours of the Virgin; the Penitential Psalms, followed by prayers and a Litany; the Hours of the Cross; the Office of the Dead; the Sulfrages to the Saints, followed by a single prayer which a blue rubric announces. Initials through out are illuminated, and one initial is historiated with a miniature of the Virgin and St. Anne., 1 column of 13 lines ruled in red written in lettre batarde., and “1542” on last main text leaf possibly indicating the precise date of the binding.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Excised from a larger manuscript; prickings visible along the outer edges; binding holes along the inner margins., A 3-line initial in red and blue with pen flourishes, two 2-line initials alternating red and blue with contrasting pen flourishes; some initial letters touched in yellow and two letters extending into upper margin with ornamental cadels; small stains to edge, with slight affect to penwork of uppermost initial., A leaf from a Censier, a book of rents owed to the lordship of La Chapelle, with three entries., 1 column of ruled for 30 long lines in a Northern Textualis Gothic script, with 6 original lines or entries on recto, and nine on the verso; nine further near-contemporary lines added to the second entry on the recto in a similar hand., and It may have been produced as the personal copy of the seigneur. The site is likely to be identifiable as La Chapelle-Gaceline (Morbihan) in Brittany. The place-names, Caro, Le Tay and perhaps also La Gaial (perhaps La Gacilly), point to the immediate surrounds of La Chapelle-Gaceline.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
