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Other Title:

Observations sur les medailles antiques.

Subjects:

Medals, Ancient -- Early works to 1800.
Medals, Greek -- Early works to 1800.
Medals, Roman -- Early works to 1800.
Medals, Roman.
Medals, Greek.
Medals, Ancient.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Dialogues.
Poems.
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

French.

Summary:

Two "volumes" of poetry by the otherwise unidentified abbot of Cardonnoy and canon of Champeaux, separated by a discussion of and reference lists concerning medals from the Roman Empire, by "Mr. Vacquette." Among the poems of the first "volume" are ones dedicated to the Queen (Marie Antoinette), church dignitaries, Louis XVI, Voltaire, and Vaquette d'Hermilly, who may be the author of the work on medals. The codex as a whole is dedicated to the bishop of Autun, and the second "volume" of poetry includes a few dialogues in verse and concludes with copies of letters from 1779 and 1780 complimenting the poetry.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title of first work from title page; title of second work from caption title (f. 41r).
Pagination: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 192 + i (contemporary paper); [1-192]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Binding: Contemporary morocco with gilt spine (Hirsch).
Origin: Written in Northern France, circa 1780.

Penn Provenance:

Purchased, 1965.

Cited in:

Described in Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800: Supplement A(1). The Library Chronicle, 1969, p. 22 (Ms. French 109).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 993

Contributor:

Hermilly, Vaquette d', 1705-1778.

OCLC:

155927450