British Library. Mss Burney 275. folio 293.
Euclid Elementa (in the translation attributed to Adelard of Bath)
* La définition 1 :
Punctus est cuius pars non est
est celle de la version de
Campanus
Dans le
P :
la Dame au compas.
Paris, between 1309 and 1316, Attributed to the Meliacin Master.
Dimensions in mm 405 x 290 (260 x 165) in two columns
Official foliation ff. 561 (ff. 1-2 and 561 are parchment flyleaves)
Form Parchment codex
Binding BM/BL in-house. Gilt edges, painted with the arms of Jean, duc de Berry.
Provenance Probably made for Franciscus Caracciolo
of Naples, Chancellor of Paris (chancellor 1309, d. 1316) (arms of or a
lion rampant azure of the Caracciolo family, and or on key gules of the
chancellor of Paris, ff. 94r, 120, 166 (key only), 184, 336, and 359v;
erased ownership inscriptions of Franciscus Caraccioli, ff. 2, 561v).
? Robert of Anjou, king of Naples (b. 1275, d. 1343) (erased inscriptions, ff. 2, 561v, see Camille, 2001, p. 343).
Pope Gregory XI (reigned 1370 to 1378) (inscription, f. 2v).
Anti-pope Clement VII (reigned 1378 to 1394) (inscription, f. 560v).
Jean, duc de Berry (b. 1340, d. 1416), a gift from Clement VII in 1387
(ownership inscription written by Jean's secretary, Jean Flamel, f. 2v;
ownership inscription and signature 'Jehan', f. 560v; his arms, edges).
Louis, duc d'Orleans (b. 1372, d. 1407), brother of Jean, duc de Berry
(1402 inventory of Jean, duc de Berry, see Delisle 1907 vol. II pp.
264-65; Guiffrey 1894 p. 252 n. 957) .
Jean, duc de Berry (his 1413 inventory notes that the manuscript was
returned to him after the death of the duc d'Orleans in 1407, see
Delisle, 1907 II pp. 264-65).
Jean Coignet, after 1416 (note of acquisition from the executors of the duc de Berry, f. 560v).
Cathedral chapter of Albi (see Camille 2001 p. 363 n. 2).
Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his catalogue by De
Bure, Paris, 1815; sale by De Bure, Paris, January 1817, lot 3697
('3697' in pencil, f. 1v, see also Camille 2001 p. 363 n. 2).
Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.
Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from Charles Parr Burney in 1818 (his signature, f. 2v).
Notes Instructions to artists in French in pencil, e.g., ff. 176v, 180v, 205, 218v, many partially erased.
BnF. Latin 16197.
Punctus est cuius pars non est :
Une grande lettrine
P, rouge et bleue dont la queue va jusqu'en bas de page suivre le bord gauche du texte.
unc-tus-est sur 3 lignes brun-pâle où s'intercalent
Incipit geome-tria cù cmto ma-gistri càpani en rouge.
cuius pars non est du même noir dense que la suite du texte.
BnF. Latin 7373.
Le
Pde Punctus est une grande lettrine rouge & bleue; des
entrelacs gris-violet forment un motif fleural à
l'intérieur de la boucle, une coiffure
échevelée au-dessus, enfin une queue qui va suivre
le bord du texte.
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana.
Strozzi 71.
Une grande
P
rouge et bleue, des entrelacs frisottis violets remplissent sa boucle
et prolongent sa queue sur toute la hauteur du bord gauche.
Biblioteca Riccardiana.
Codex 129.
Grande lettrine
P bleue, la boucle
supérieure est effacée, entrelacs frisottis rouges dans
la boucle et autour de la jambe, qui se prolonge par des scies
alternativement rouges & bleues, formant la marge gauche du texte,
et finissent en oblique en bas de page face à un tampon rose
Biblioteca Riccardiana Firenze.
Le P est suivi de učtus est cuĭ ps no est.
