Les dits moraulx des philosophes
Medieval Manuscripts
Item Info
Item No: mca2090141
Title: Les dits moraulx des philosophes
Script:
Bastarda
Language: French
Folio Number: f. 14r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: An inscription on f. 58v in a canopy above a seated philosopher records the date: "FAIT LAN MIL CCCC LXXIII I APVRIL."
Notes: Homer embracing Justice
Notes: Les dits moraulx des philosophes is a collection of moralistic sayings compiled in the Middle Ages from the works of various philosophers and theologians, including Sedachias, Hermes, Tac, Zalqualquin, Homer, Zalon, Abion, Hippocrates, Pythagoras, Diogenes, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Ptolemy, St. Gregory the Great, and Galen, among several others. Guillaume de Tignonville composed the French translation from the Latin original sometime before 1402. This miniature marks the beginning of the sayings of the Greek poet Homer.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1641471
Country: Country:France
City/Town/Township:Bourges
Creation Year (Range End): 1475
Image Dimensions Width: 274 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 209
Creator Name: Guillaume de Tignonville - Author
f. 1r 
f. 12r 
f. 14r
f. 21r 
f. 24r 
f. 58v 
front cover 
back cover 
front inner binding 
left flyleaf 
f.66v