Select manuscript from this collection: Ms. 1 MP 35 / A2858 MP 40 / A6052 N.C.11 112/121

Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Porrentruy
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
MP 39
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Jan Potocki, Dix journées de la vie d’Alphonse van Worden
Caption:
Caption
Paper · 118 pp. · 17 x 19.5 cm · after 1814
Language:
Language
French
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
The Polish scholar and writer Jan Potocki (1761-1815) is the author of Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse, which he wrote in French from the beginning. The Cantonal Library of Jura’s copy contains part of the text in one of its final stages, which recounts ten days of the life of Alphonse van Worden (matching the 1814 edition available on Gallica). This copy is probably made from the printed text, and not the other way around, as indicated by François Rosset, who produced the critical edition of Potocki’s text. The manuscript, in an elongated format, is introduced by a watercolor depicting the Venta Quemada (p. 6), one of the mythical places that appears in one of the stories that this novel puts together, like the Thousand and One Nights before it. (rou)
DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.5076/e-codices-bcj-MP39 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-bcj-MP39)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/bcj/MP39
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
IIIF Drag-n-drop https://e-codices.ch/metadata/iiif/bcj-MP39/manifest.json
How to quote:
How to quote
Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, MP 39: Jan Potocki, Dix journées de la vie d’Alphonse van Worden (/en/list/one/bcj/MP39).
Online Since:
Online Since
12/11/2025
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Rights
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
19th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Figurative , Full Page , Tinted Drawing

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