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Source Description
This allegorical text written in vernacular verse was inspired by Guillaume de Lorris's and Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose. Composed ca. 1330-1332 by Guillaume de Digulleville with a second recension in 1355, this text represents the earlier of the two versions. Produced in northeast France in 1370, the Walters' copy contains a frontispiece miniature with a portrait of the author, as well as eighty-three tinted grisaille illustrations. These images are based on models consistent with contemporary thematic choices and contain abundant anecdotal detail, lending character to the text. As of spring 2014 the Institute for the Study of Textual History, Romance Languages in France has been gathering all reproductions of Digulleville's manuscripts. W. 141 is one of the few copies outside of France.
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17893
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Le pèlerinage de la vie humaine
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Le pèlerinage de la vie humaine
description
This allegorical text written in vernacular verse was inspired by Guillaume de Lorris's and Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose. Composed ca. 1330-1332 by Guillaume de Digulleville with a second recension in 1355, this text represents the earlier of the two versions. Produced in northeast France in 1370, the Walters' copy contains a frontispiece miniature with a portrait of the author, as well as eighty-three tinted grisaille illustrations. These images are based on models consistent with contemporary thematic choices and contain abundant anecdotal detail, lending character to the text. As of spring 2014 the Institute for the Study of Textual History, Romance Languages in France has been gathering all reproductions of Digulleville's manuscripts. W. 141 is one of the few copies outside of France.
provenance
Possibly Jacques of Armagnac, Duke of Nemours, 15th century [1]. Sotheby's Sale, London, May 25 1906, lot 373; purchased by J. and J. Leighton, London, 1906; acquired by Léon Gruel, Paris [2]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Inscription reading ""De da.../Cest livre est a moy J..."", believed by De Ricci to reference Jacques of Armagnac[2] N 1120 on bookplate
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ca. 1370
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
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27
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19.3
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Folio H: 10 5/8 × W: 7 5/8 in. (27 × 19.3 cm)
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Gothic
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