Acknowledgment of debts incurred by Louis, Duke of Orléans, and his company, to be paid by Jean, Duke of Berry : in French

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Title:
Acknowledgment of debts incurred by Louis, Duke of Orléans, and his company, to be paid by Jean, Duke of Berry : in French
Description:
"Michel Foret varlet de chambre de monsieur le duc de berry ..." Michel Foret, Chamberlain to the Duke of Berry, acknowledges a debt of "douze frans dor" incurred by Louis, Duke of Orléans, and his company incurred in the bathhouse and to be paid by the Duke of Berry.
Author:
Foret, Michel, active 14th century
Date:
[1392]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, French--France
Manuscripts, Medieval--France
Gothic scripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Subjects:
Berry, Jean de France, duc de, 1340-1416--Finance, Personal
Places:
France
Extent:
1 sheet : parchment ; 60 x 265 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/fj23bv533
Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[France]
Language:
French
Notes:
Ms. document.
Title devised by cataloger; description based in part on auctioneer's description.
Origin: Copied in France on 13 February 1392.
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: Offered at Sotheby's, London (23 May 2017, lot 53) to John and Raquel Russell.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; John and Raquel Russell; New York, New York; 20230421; 2023.24.2.
Immediate source of acquisition: Gift of John and Raquel Russell of New York, New York, in April, 2023.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (object):
Layout: Written in four lines.
Script: Written in brown ink in a notarial cursive (cursiva currens).
Notes (language):
In French.
Identifier:
06_01_019317
Call #:
RARE BKS MS q Med.291
Barcode:
39999092211877