COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms126_1r
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 126
Title:
Receipt, 1462 July 14, by Charles, Duke of Orleans' Valet
Alternative Title:
MS 126, recto
Incipit:
Je bertram richart varlet de chamber et serviteur de monsieur le duc d'orleans et de Milan confesse avoir eu et recue de jehan vigneron
Origin Date:
1462
Origin Location:
France
Description:
French receipt by Charles, Duke of Orleans' valet for money received from the Duke's treasury. The Duke, who had run into financial difficulties several years earlier during his 25-year captivity in England, took a book of ballads from the valet and gave it to a money lender, presumably as collateral security. The money lender appears to have absconded with the book.
Provenance:
Written in Blois, France and dated 14 July 1462 in the document. Signed by Bertrand in lower right corner. Several marks: a number in the left margin including, "339990" in ink of a later hand, "14 Juillet 1462" in pencil just below main text, "2913" in red colored pencil, "T474" in red ink, a "+" symbol in orange colored pencil, and a blue 5-pointed star stamp all towards the center below the main text. Owned by Sir Thomas Philipps (d. 1792-1872). Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn Ohio, in July of 2005.
Extent:
1 sheet
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval--France
Subject:
Receipts (Acknowledgments)--France
Subject:
Blois (France)--History--15th century--Sources
Subject:
Manuscripts, French--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Language:
fre
Dimensions:
70 x 229 mm (framed 125 x 280 mm)
Material:
parchment
Binding:
Housed behind glass in a modern, wooden frame, visible on one side only; dealer's prospectus on back.
Description of Hands:
Written in French secretary script (cursiva libraria).
Additions and Marginalia:
Later marks in colored pencil and a blue 5-pointed star stamp.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 126, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2013
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
237,454,962 bytes
Is Referenced By:
Jacques Silvain Soye, Guy Jules Marie Louis Trouillard, and Joseph Croy. Cartulaire de la ville de Blois (1196-1492); recueil manuscrit du Xve siècle conservè à la Bibliothèque nationale. Société dés sciences et lettres de Loire-et-Cher, Blois (France), 1903
Is Referenced By:
Philipps, Thomas. The Philipps Manuscripts: Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Philipps, Bt., Impressum Typis Medio-Montanis, 1837-1871. London: Holland Press, 1968.
Access Rights:
This book is in the public domain. Western Michigan University holds the right to the image and reproduction. The images that are provided here are for non-profit, educational use only. For all other uses please contact Special Collections, Western Michigan University.
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Receipt, 1462 July 14, by Charles, Duke of Orleans' Valet
