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La Chronique Anonyme Universelle : reading and writing history in fifteenth-century France / [edited by] Lisa Fagin Davis.
Van Pelt Library D17 .C525 2014 1 v. + CD-ROM
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in medieval and early Renaissance art history
- Studies in medieval and early renaissance art history (HMSAH)
- Language:
- English
- French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
- Subjects (All):
- Chronique anonyme universelle.
- Manuscripts, French--15th century--Facsimiles.
- Manuscripts, French.
- Manuscripts, French--15th century--History.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, French--15th century.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, French.
- World history--Early works to 1800.
- World history.
- Manuscripts, French--Private collections--Connecticut.
- History.
- Private collections.
- France--History--Early works to 1800.
- France.
- Connecticut.
- Genre:
- Facsimiles.
- Physical Description:
- 439 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (color ; 4 3/4 in.)
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- reading and writing history in 15th century France
- Place of Publication:
- London : Harvey Miller Publishers, [2014]
- Language Note:
- In English; with the Chronique Anonyme Universelle in Middle French with parallel English translation.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This volume presents the first comprehensive study of the Chronique Anonyme Universelle, a lavishly illustrated scroll history of the world from Creation to the fifteenth century. Working in a French noble library around the year 1410, the anonymous compiler of the Chronique told the story of humanity - nearly six thousand years by his reckoning - by editing historical texts at his disposal, arranging them in parallel columns on a vertical scroll, and filling the inter-columnar space with complex genealogical diagrams. The Chronique reflects a particular and particularly French self-image and worldview that become increasingly apparent as the reader traverses its direct and unbroken line from the Bible, Egypt, Greece and Troy to the histories of the Papacy, the Roman and Holy Roman Empires, the Crusades, and the royal houses of France and England.
- Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "a high-resolution facsimile tagged with transcriptions, translations, and links to a schematic genealogical diagram."-- disc label.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1905375557
- 9781905375554
- OCLC:
- 779255202
- Publisher Number:
- 99963597452
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