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Creator:
Couldrette, active 14th century-15th century
Title(s):
[Four leaves from Le Roman de Mélusine]
Additional Title(s):
Roman de Mélusine. German
Published/Created:
[Basel?] : [Bernhard Richel?], [ca. 1476?]
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0176
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Prose translation by Thüring von Ringoltingen from the French rhymed version of Couldrette.
Description based on a fragmentary copy at the Yale Center British Art. Woodcuts and text appear to match Incunabula short title catalogue entry no. im00476000, but the typeface varies.
Three leaves include large woodcuts, depicting: the king harassed by a ghost; the confession on the deathbed; a knight in battle with a bear and dragon.
From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Incunabula in Yale Library.
Melusine (Legendary character)
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Contributors:
Ringoltingen, Thüring von, approximately 1415–1483 or 1484, translator.
Richel, Bernhard, -1482, printer.
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