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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Genève
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Bibliothèque de Genève
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Ms. fr. 178
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Le Roman de la Rose. Jean de Meun, Le Testament
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · I-II + 191 ff. · 29 x 21 cm · Paris · 1353
Language:
Language
French
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
The Roman de la Rose is a poetic work of approximately 22,000 octosyllabic verses. The first part of this allegorial romance (over 4,000 verses) was written by Guillaume de Lorris in about 1230, and it was completed by Jean de Meun some forty years later. Although the work was originally conceived as a courtly tale, the second part disgresses on a wide variety of themes and expressly criticizes the myth of the rose according to Guillaume de Lorris. The Testament is a poem consisting of 544 four-line alexandrine monorhyme stanzas expounding the spiritual development of Jean de Meun. (hoc)
Standard description:
Standard description
Notice de Paule Hochuli Dubuis, Bibliothèque de Genève, pour e-codices 2010.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz in lateinischer Schrift vom Anfang des Mittelalters bis 1550, Bd. II: Die Handschriften der Bibliotheken Bern-Porrentruy, bearbeitet von Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti, Dietikon-Zürich 1983, Nr. 434, S. 157.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-bge-fr0178 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-bge-fr0178)
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https://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/bge/fr0178
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Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 178: Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Le Roman de la Rose. Jean de Meun, Le Testament (https://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/bge/fr0178).
Online Since:
Online Since
06/22/2010
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
14th century
Dated:
Dated
1353
Decoration:
Decoration
Figurative, Fully Painted, Gold / Silver, Initial, Margin, Ornamental, Text Block
Binding:
Binding
18th century
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Die schönsten Seiten der Schweiz. Geistliche und weltliche Handschriften / Trésors enluminés de Suisse. Manuscrits sacrés et profanes, M. Bernasconi Reusser, C. Flüeler, B. Roux (ed.), Cinisello Balsamo (Milano) 2020, 332-333, Nr. 82 (N. Ducimetière).

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