[Fragment of the Chronique anonyme universelle].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Chronique anonyme universelle.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

World history--Early works to 1800.

World history.

Genre:

scrolls (information artifacts)

fragments (object portions)

Annals and chronicles.

Genealogies.

Manuscripts, Middle French -- 15th century.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Offered for sale at auction by Chauviré & Courant (Angers), 26 June 2024.

Sold by Konstantinopel Rare & Fine Books (Enschede, The Netherlands), catalog 16 (October 2024), number 5.

Physical Description:

1 membrane : parchment ; 435 x 640 mm

Place of Publication:

[Rouen?, France], [1470s?]

Language Note:

Middle French.

Summary:

Fragment of one membrane of a French 15th-century illuminated genealogical chronicle roll with text arranged in four columns and three large illustrated rondels with illustrations of a pope, the assassination of Julius Caesar, and the fortified city of London as the New Troy. The verso of the fragment is blank.

Notes:

Ms. fragment.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Script: Written in bâtarde script.

Decoration:3 rondels with illustrations including the assassination of Julius Caesar and London as the New Troy; 8 4-line illuminated initials in gold on blue and pink grounds; 7 1-line illuminated initials; rubrication and plain rondels for text in red ink.

Origin: Written in northern France, possibly Rouen, probably in the 1470s (Konstantinopel).

Cited as:

Fragment of the Chronique anonyme universelle (Ms. Oversize 54). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.