The Romance of the Rose - Manuscript M948 Pierpont Morgan Library - Morocco 1993

Description (ch)

• Facsimile of manuscript M.948 of the romance of the rose (begun by Guillaume de Lorris, continued by Jean de Meung) produced for King Francis I, kept at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York

(gift of Beatrice Bishop Berle in memory of her father, Cortlandt Field Bishop, in 1972)

Written and illuminated in Rouen around 1525

The text is copied by Girard Acarie from a 1519 edition of Michel le Noir.

The Renaissance saw a renewed interest in this medieval "bestseller" by adding the first literary analyses.

• Accompanied by a volume of comments by Margareta Friesen (German art historian)

Translated by Sylvie Jacques and preceded by a study by Georges Duby, and followed by a notebook of photos by David A. Loggie.

https://www.themorgan.org/manuscript/145641

https://www.persee.fr/doc/rhren_1771-1347_2014_num_79_1_3391

Editions The Furrows of Time

1993 Lyons

2 Volumes

Size 28*19cm, 210p + 161p

Unique edition of 980 copies

Embellished with 107 superb illuminations

by the master of Girard Acarie

Splendid and powerful editor binding in full morocco

signed by La Reliure d'Art du Center in Limoges

Inspired by the 16th century Grolier type

First stylized boards with interlacing geometric friezes connected by a rhombus

framing the arms of François 1er with the salamander

Volume of Commentaries in Half Morocco

All golden edges

in strong lined cases

State

Very nice set with slight wear from use

• To note: insolated back
• slight marks (discoloration) on the back

• Fresh interior