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Book/Printed Material Book of Different Things. Livre de plusieurs choses

About this Item

Title

  • Book of Different Things.

Other Title

  • Livre de plusieurs choses

Summary

  • This codex, entitled Livre de plusieurs choses (Book of different things), contains 120 poems in French. The title, now hardly visible, is on the upper cover of the manuscript. Comprising 252 extant paper leaves, it was compiled without any discernible structure or organization by a number of different scribes sometime between 1475 and 1500. The manuscript includes parts of the renowned Le Lais (Le Petit Testament) and Le Grand Testament of François Villon (1431-63) and is one of the principal sources of the former work. It also contains poems by Guillaume Machaut (circa 1300-1377) and Christine de Pisan (circa 1364-circa 1431), two well-known French poets, and other French medieval authors, some of whom are unidentified. Several of the poems are known only from this manuscript. The codex was owned by the famous French collector, Claude Fauchet (1530-1601) and later, by Paul Petau (1568-1614). In 1650, Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-89) bought it from Alexandre Petau, the son of Paul Petau.

Names

  • Christine, de Pisan, circa 1364-circa 1431 Contributor.
  • Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377 Contributor.
  • Villon, François, 1431-1463 Contributor.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1475 to 1500]

Headings

  • -  France
  • -  1300 to 1500
  • -  Codex
  • -  French poetry
  • -  Literature, Medieval
  • -  Poetry

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 272 leaves : paper ; 20.5 x 15 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Sweden.
  • -  Content in French.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668053

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Christine, De Pisan, Circa Circa 1431 Contributor, De Machaut Guillaume, and François Villon. Book of Different Things. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1500, 1475] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668053/.

APA citation style:

Christine, D. P., Guillaume, D. M. & Villon, F. (1475) Book of Different Things. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1500] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668053/.

MLA citation style:

Christine, De Pisan, Circa Circa 1431 Contributor, De Machaut Guillaume, and François Villon. Book of Different Things. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1500, 1475] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668053/>.