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Title

Le pelerinaige de vie humaine, reproduced in facsimile from the printed book in the library of the Earl of Ellesmere, with a bibliographical note by Alfred W. Pollard.

Author

Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century.

Publication

Manchester, Printed privately for the members of the Roxburghe club, 1912.

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Additional Authors

• Verard, Antoine, -approximately 1513.
• Galloppes, Jean, active 1564.
• Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944.
• Roxburghe Club.
• John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection.

Description

25, [2] p., facsim.: [299] p.; 30 cm.

Alternative Title

Pelerin de vie humaine

Subject

French poetry > To 1500

Note

• A "prose version ... made in 1464 for Jeanne de Laval ... by Jean Galloppes ... at one time ... chaplain to the Duke of Bedford ..." The copy reproduced was printed on vellum and illuminated for Henry VII by Vérard, probably about 1499. cf. Bibliographical note.
• Dedicated and presented to the president and members of the Roxburghe club by ... Egerton Ellesmere."
• Andrew Lang's copy (name in red in list of members)
• Title of original (sig. a₁ of the paper copies): Le pelerin de vie humaine. / The present reproduction of a vellum copy does not include this leaf, which is replaced by a leaf bearing the arms of the Monk family.
• l. 2a of original: Cy commemnce le p[r]ologue du translateur de ce ̃psent liure / Jntitule le pelerinaige de vie humayne. / Le p[r]ologue. / [E] N lonneur et glorie de dieu .. / [4 lines] / ... Je treshumble clerc ... / ... demourant a angiers ... / ... / ... me suis mys a conuertir de ryme p[r]ose / francoyse le liure du pelerinaige de vie humayne ... / [2 lines] / ... en le poursuyuant a mon pouoir p[r]incipallement la / sentence de lentendement de lacteur dycelluy liure qui fut no / table clerc et religeux nomme frere guillaume de guilleuille en / labbaye de chalis p[r]es la cite de senlis. / ...
• Colophon of original, l. 150a: Ce p[r]esent liure appelle le pelerinaige de homme humain / a este imp[r]ime a paris par Anthonye verard/lib[r]aire demou- / rant sur le pont nostre dame a lymaige sainct iehan leuangeli- ste/ou au palais au p[r]emier pillier deuant la chapelle ou len / chante la messe de messeignuers les p[r]esidens.
• Typographical description of original: Gothic type; 31 lines. With headlines, initial spaces and signature marks; without catchwords and foliation. Rubricated throughout; illuminated initials in various sizes; illuminated illustrations; l. 2a and 4a withhin illuminated borders in which the Tudor arms are incorporated.
• Signatures of original: a-z⁶, [?]⁶, [?]⁶.

Indexed In (note)

• Copinger
• Pellechet
• Fairfax Murray
• Macfarlane: Vérard

Call Number

*KB+ 1499 (Guillaume de Deguilleville. Pelerinaige de vie humaine)

LCCN

13010986

OCLC

5003750

Author

Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century.

Title

Le pelerinaige de vie humaine, reproduced in facsimile from the printed book in the library of the Earl of Ellesmere, with a bibliographical note by Alfred W. Pollard.

Imprint

Manchester, Printed privately for the members of the Roxburghe club, 1912.

Indexed In:

Copinger 2881

Pellechet 4249

Fairfax Murray 643

Macfarlane: Vérard, 122

Local Note

Whitelaw Reid's copy (name in red in list of members)

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Added Author

Verard, Antoine, -approximately 1513.

Galloppes, Jean, active 1564.

Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944.

Roxburghe Club.

John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection.

Research Call Number

*KB+ 1499 (Guillaume de Deguilleville. Pelerinaige de vie humaine)