Details

Subject(s)

• Political science—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Education of princes—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, French—France [Browse]
• Manuscripts, French—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Illumination of books and manuscripts [Browse]

Former owner

• Weyhe, Erhard, 1882-1972 [Browse]
• Kane, Grenville, 1854-1943 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Kane MS. 20. [Browse]

Notes

• Script: Bâtarde.
• Decoration: On fol. 1r:* Half-page miniature set within a thin gold frame depicting both the inside and outside of a hall as Giles of Rome, archbishop of Bourges, wearing a blue and gold miter, kneels to present his book to an enthroned Philip IV with crown and scepter, clothed in red under an ermine-lined blue cloak with gold fleurs-de-lis. Nine courtiers in the room are laymen and clerics, one of whom carries a cross; a tenth is depicted outside looking in through the doorway, accompanied by a brown dog. Text and miniature surrounded on all four sides by a floral border of green foliage with red, blue, and white flowers and berries (blueberries, red and white currants, and blackberries?); blue and white acanthus in the lower corners.

Binding note

Matted leaf.

Provenance

Kane MS. 20 is of unknown early provenance. According to Seymour de Ricci, this initial leaf was removed “from an imperfect ms. owned ca. 1931 by E. Weyhe of New York”; i.e., Erhard Weyhe (1882-1972), of Erhard Weyhe Gallery, New York. Grenville Kane (1854-1943), of Tuxedo Park, N.Y., acquired the leaf at an unknown date. An unidentified identification number is on the verso in pencil “99647” or “99642.” The Kane Collection was acquired by the Princeton University Library from Kane's heirs in February 1946.

References

Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, page 45-46.

Cite as

Kane MS. 20, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

OCLC

1101937486

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