Select manuscript from this collection: Ms. fr. 1/1 Ms. lat. 88 Ms. lat. 92 Ms. l.e. 210 96/110

Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Genève
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Bibliothèque de Genève
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Ms. lat. 91
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Policraticus (The government of the state) by John of Salisbury
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · 327 ff. · 20.5 x 14.2 cm · France · end of the 15th century (cf. A. Dufour) or around 1460 (cf. B. Gagnebin)
Language:
Language
French, Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
With a beautiful binding à la "Du Seuil", this 15th century manuscript contains the Policraticus (The government of the state), a work of reflections on the vanities of courtiers, written by John of Salisbury (1115/1120-1180). It was copied in a careful hand, and the text was decorated with a large miniature showing an author reading his text before the king of France. (jeg)
Standard description:
Standard description
Notice de Isabelle Jeger, Bibliothèque de Genève, pour e-codices 2014
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.5076/e-codices-bge-lat0091 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-bge-lat0091)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/bge/lat0091
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
IIIF Drag-n-drop https://e-codices.ch/metadata/iiif/bge-lat0091/manifest.json
How to quote:
How to quote
Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 91: <i>Policraticus</i> (The government of the state) by John of Salisbury (/en/list/one/bge/lat0091).
Online Since:
Online Since
12/18/2014
Rights:
Rights
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
15th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Other , Figurative , Fully Painted , Gold / Silver , Initial , Margin , Ornamental , Text Block
Binding:
Binding
17th century

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Front cover
Spine
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Ruler on page