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Image Number: 
Bookreader French MS 66
Reference Number: 
French MS 66
Link to Catalogue: 
French Manuscripts
Parent Work Title: 
Roman de la Rose
Creator: 
Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305
Creator Role: 
Author
Display Creator: 
de Lorris, Guillaume
Date Created: 
14th century
Description: 
Manuscript of 'Roman de la Rose'. The manuscript is incomplete with the last few pages missing, the text breaks off at V,1.21008. There are four small miniatures on ff. 7, 22, 87 and 87v. The miniature on 87v depicts Jean de Meun, the continuer of the poem, at work. The small treatise on ff. 2-4 is anonymous but has been attributed by M. Ernest Langlois to Richard de Fournival. The volume has a blue leather binding with gold tooling round the edges and John Rylands monogram.
Language Code: 
frm-FR
Subject: 
Poetry, Medieval
Subject: 
Poetry
Subject: 
French literature
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Sub-Category: 
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Leather
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
France
Item Height: 
284 mm
Item Width: 
195 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
Tuck, John P., 'French Studies: A Guide to Research Resources in the John Rylands Library', Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, vol. 72, no.2 (1990), pp. 3-25
References: 
Tyson, Moses, 'Handlist of the Collections of French and Italian Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 14 (1930), pp. 563-628
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2012-07
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB