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| Title: | Ermengaud, Matfre, Breviario de amor. Manuscript (Ms 63) |
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| Dates: | circa 1400 |
| Manuscript Number: | Codex Ms 63 |
| Size: | 1 volume, 33 x 24 cm. |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Prose paraphrase and Spanish translation of approximately 26,000 or the 34,600 lines of the Provencal didactic poem Breviari d'amor. In Spanish. Codex Ms 63. |
The manuscript is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Ermengaud, Matfre, Breviario de amor. Manuscript, Codex Ms 63, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
An anonymous translation and paraphrase into Castillian prose of approximately 26,000 or the 34,600 lines of the Provencal didactic poem Breviari d'amor, a summary of many branches of medieval knowledge, including astronomy, botany, zoology, scriptural history, systematic theology, the lives of the saints, and the nature and mission of the Church. Includes a pen-and-ink drawing of the author requesting divine guidance.
In Spanish. Codex Ms 63.
This work has been rebound and binding fragments retained. See Special Collections circulation desk for additional information.
| Volume 1 | Codex Ms 63 |