Content Description
The manuscript contains 297 folios and 265 miniatures. The original was owned by prominent French figures and families including John, the fearless, and John, Duke of Berry, the Armagnac family, Charles de Valois (Duke of Angouleme) and possibly King Francis I of France, and the Librairie Royale de Fontainebleau. The original currently resides at the Biblotheque Nationale de France.
Dates
- c. 1410-1412
- Publication: 2021
Creator
- Polo , Marco, 1254-1323? (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Extent
.4 Cubic Feet (1 letter document box)
Language of Materials
French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source
- University of Virginia Bookstore (Organization)
Creator
- Polo , Marco, 1254-1323? (Author, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Livre des merveilles du monde facsimile
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Oliveira, Accessioning Archivist
- Date
- 9 Septembe 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States