Details

Subjects:

Daillon family.
Nobility -- France -- Genealogy.
Nobility.
France.
Loudun (France) -- Genealogy.

Form/Genre:

Genealogy.
Codices.
Genealogies (histories)
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, European.
Family histories.

Language:

French.

Summary:

The genealogy of the Daillon family from the mid-14th into the 18th century. Members of this family held the position of gouverneur de Poitou in the 16th century and carried the title of comte de Lude. The account includes both basic biographical information and information on services provided by members of the family to the French monarchy. A table of contents at the end of the volume (p. 79-82) gives the starting page numbers for major members of the family.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (p. v); date based on the latest date in the primary hand (1726, p. 74) and in notes by a secondary hand (1727, p. 70).
Pagination: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 50 + i (contemporary paper; [vi], 1-92, [ii]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.
Script: Written in a cursive script.
Binding: Contemporary calf (Zacour-Hirsch). Lower cover nearly detached.
Origin: Written in France after 1726.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly held in the collection of John Towneley (bookplate, inside upper cover).
Formerly held in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (stamp, front flyleaf verso), Philipps ms. 3965.
Purchased, 1954.

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. 64 (Ms. French 49).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 953.

Contributor:

Towneley, John, 1697-1782, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

OCLC:

155925609

Access Restriction:

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