[Regulations for mills and bakeries].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Cruchon, Louis.

Tassel, Pierre, former owner.

Oliver, Raymond, 1909-1990, former owner.

Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Subjects (All):

Bakers--France--Early works to 1800.

Bakers.

Bread--France--Early works to 1800.

Bread.

Weights and measures--France--Early works to 1800.

Weights and measures.

Rouen (France)--History.

Rouen (France).

France.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

legal documents

Manuscripts, French.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Pierre Tassel (original owner, f. 9v, 13v, 16r) and French chef Raymond Oliver (label, front flyleaf).

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 5 Dec. 1994, lot 87; handled by Simon Finch Rare Books (London) at some point between Sotheby's and Fogg.

Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, April 2001.

Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle in honor of Peter Stallybrass, Penn professor and SIMS Advisory Council member, 2011.

Physical Description:

26 leaves : parchment ; 205 x 150 (134 x 94) mm bound to 213 x 155 mm

Production:

Rouen, 1518.

Language Note:

Middle French.

Summary:

Official copies of regulations pertaining to mills and bakeries in Rouen from the 14th century up to 1518. The copies were made at the request of Pierre Tassel, overseer of the Rouen mills (fermier des moulins de la dit ville de Rouen), under the supervision of Louis (Loys) Cruchon, a member of the Rouen parliament, who signed the manuscript repeatedly (f. 9v, 13v, 16r).

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Collation: Parchment, i + 26 + i; 1-2⁸ 3⁶ 4⁴; [1-26], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.

Layout: Written in 18 long lines; frame-ruled in red ink.

Script: Written in a semi-batârde script, with contemporary signatures at the end of each section except the last (f. 9v, 13v, 16r), possibly in two hands (f. 1r-16r, 17r-26r).

Decoration: 4-line initial in red (f. 17r); 3-line calligraphic initial (f. 14r); 2-line initial with grotesque face in profile (f. 22r); one rubric in red (f. 10v); line-fillers in red and blue; initials touched with yellow wash.

Binding: Contemporary morocco, blind-stamped, lacking spine and clasps.

Origin: Written in Rouen, between August (f. 9v) and October (f. 16r) 1518, for Pierre Tassel (f. 9v, 13v, 16r).

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Cited in:

Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 151 (LJS 416).

Cited as:

UPenn LJS 416

OCLC:

729638600

Online:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page

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