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R[ecueil] de chansons.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Oversize Ms. Codex 936
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Language:
French
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Penn Provenance:
  • Sotheby Heirlooms, Part VII, item 337.
  • Sold by E.P. Goldschmidt, 1956.
Physical Description:
377 leaves : paper ; 252 x 190 (209 x 145) mm bound to 261 x 205 mm
Other Title:
Recueil de poësie.
Place of Publication:
[France], [between 1675 and 1725]
Language Note:
French.
Summary:
Collection of chansons and airs, many on romantic themes, with an alphabetical title index at the end.
Notes:
  • Ms. codex.
  • Title from spine; listed in Zacour-Hirsch as Recueil de poësie.
  • Foliation: Paper, 377; [iv], 1-12, 14-51, 53-100, 102-151, 151-195, 197-343, 345-350, 350-354, 357-377, 385-391; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
  • Layout: Frame-ruled in ink, with poems written in irregular single or double columns.
  • Script: Written in a cursive script by many hands.
  • Binding: Contemporary calf (Zacour-Hirsch), gold ornamentation on spine.
  • Origin: Written in France in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Cited in:
Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 59 (Ms. French 27).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 936
OCLC:
155925531

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