Jean Mansel, La Fleur des Histoires, in French with a few phrases in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum 223 leaves, 415mm. by 282mm., complete in itself (but originally the third volume of three, see below), collation: i7, [of 8, blank i cancelled], ii-xxviii8, with horizontal catchwords, medieval foliation (followed here) in lower outer corners of rectos in arabic numbers 482-704 (the roman numbers in the upper corners, 370-543, are the chapter numbers consecutively throughout), double column, 46 lines, written in grey-brown ink in a calligraphic lettre bâtarde with some flourishing and penwork cadels (including a two headed grotesque on fol. 563r), headings in red, capitals touched in red, paragraph-marks and some line-fillers and small initials in alternately red or blue, large 3-line chapter initials throughout in blue or red with extensive penwork respectively in red or in brown (to fol. 618v) or blue-black (from fol. 624v onwards), five large initials 4 to 6 lines high in divided red and blue with penwork in both colours, one very large 6-line initial in red and blue with very extensive penwork in red and brown (fol. 510r), eight large illuminated initials, 3 to 7 lines high, in a variety of gothic designs in colours with delicate white tracery on burnished gold grounds, four column-width miniatures with three quarter illuminated borders, the miniatures 14 to 17 lines high, from 92 by 85 to 105 by 89 mm., finely painted in full colours with gold and silver, the borders with coloured flowers and acanthus folios sometimes with birds all infilled with a myriad of tiny burnished gold ivy leaves on black hairline stems, four very large miniatures with full borders, the miniatures the full width of the page varying from the equivalent of 21 lines high (143 by 200 mm.) to 31 lines high (more than half-page, 178 by 198 mm.), all painted in colours with gold and silver, the borders elaborately painted including clumps of semi-naturalistic flowers among the foliage, some wear, most large miniatures a bit rubbed and sometimes slightly smudged, the silver rather oxidisd, some folios creased, some thumbing, minor stains and dust marks, other signs of use, old vellum over pasteboards, repaired, rebacked, in a quarter morocco fitted case, title gilt
Jean Mansel, La Fleur des Histoires, in French with a few phrases in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum 223 leaves, 415mm. by 282mm., complete in itself (but originally the third volume of three, see below), collation: i7, [of 8, blank i cancelled], ii-xxviii8, with horizontal catchwords, medieval foliation (followed here) in lower outer corners of rectos in arabic numbers 482-704 (the roman numbers in the upper corners, 370-543, are the chapter numbers consecutively throughout), double column, 46 lines, written in grey-brown ink in a calligraphic lettre bâtarde with some flourishing and penwork cadels (including a two headed grotesque on fol. 563r), headings in red, capitals touched in red, paragraph-marks and some line-fillers and small initials in alternately red or blue, large 3-line chapter initials throughout in blue or red with extensive penwork respectively in red or in brown (to fol. 618v) or blue-black (from fol. 624v onwards), five large initials 4 to 6 lines high in divided red and blue with penwork in both colours, one very large 6-line initial in red and blue with very extensive penwork in red and brown (fol. 510r), eight large illuminated initials, 3 to 7 lines high, in a variety of gothic designs in colours with delicate white tracery on burnished gold grounds, four column-width miniatures with three quarter illuminated borders, the miniatures 14 to 17 lines high, from 92 by 85 to 105 by 89 mm., finely painted in full colours with gold and silver, the borders with coloured flowers and acanthus folios sometimes with birds all infilled with a myriad of tiny burnished gold ivy leaves on black hairline stems, four very large miniatures with full borders, the miniatures the full width of the page varying from the equivalent of 21 lines high (143 by 200 mm.) to 31 lines high (more than half-page, 178 by 198 mm.), all painted in colours with gold and silver, the borders elaborately painted including clumps of semi-naturalistic flowers among the foliage, some wear, most large miniatures a bit rubbed and sometimes slightly smudged, the silver rather oxidisd, some folios creased, some thumbing, minor stains and dust marks, other signs of use, old vellum over pasteboards, repaired, rebacked, in a quarter morocco fitted case, title gilt
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