// Et contient le dit Liure six // Livres. Cest
assavoir. Marc Pol. Frere Odric de lordre des // freres meneurs. Le Liure
fait a la requeste du Cardinal Taleran de // Pierregort. L'Estat du Grant
Kaan. Le Liure de Messire Guillaume // de Mandeville. Le Liure de Frere
Jehan Hayton de lordre de premonstre. // Le Liure de Frere Bicul de
lordre des freres Prescheurs // - Et sont en ce dit Liure Deux cens
soixante six // hystoires."
Signed by N. Flamel.
Then follows.
1 deg. Marco Polo: "Cy apres commence le liure de Marc Paule des
merveilles daise la grant et dinde la maiour et mineur Et des diuerses
regions du monde." - Begins: "Pour sauoir la pure verite de diuerses
regions du monde. Si prenez ce liure cy et le faictes lire. Si y
trouuerez les grandismes merueilles qui y sont escriptes...."
Ends (Fol. 96 verso): "Et a tant fine messire marc pol son liure de la
diuision du monde et des merueilles dicelluy."
Of the 266 histoires or miniatures in this splendid book, 84 belong to
the story of Polo. We have given engravings of several of them. Its
value is estimated in the catalogue of the Library of the Duc de Berry
in 1416 (quoted by Pauthier) at 125 livres, equivalent (if parisis)
to about 115l. This is Pauthier's MS. B. See vol. i., Int.,
Various Types of the Text.
Large folio on vellum.
[H. Cordier, Odoric, pp. cviii-cxiii.].
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Bib. Nationale, No. 10260 (now Fr. 5631)
French.
"Ci commencement les rebriches de cest Livre qui est appelez le
Deuisement du Monde, lequel je Gringoires contrefais du Livre de Messire
Marc Pol le meilleur citoien de Venisse creant Crist."
At the beginning of the Text is a coarse drawing of Kublai on his
bretesche, carried by four elephants (vol. i., p. 337); and after the
prologue another apparently representing the Princess Aijaruc wrestling
with her wooer (vol. ii. p. 465).
This is Pauthier's MS. A. (vol. i, Int., Various Types of the Text),
and also was in the Duc de Berry's Library, values at 6 livres 5 sols.
[Second half of the 14th cent.].
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Bib. nationale, No. 10,270 (now Fr. 5649)
French.
This is Pauthier's MS. C. (See as before.) It is that which has the
certificate about the original presented to the Seigneur de Cepoy; see
Int., p. 69.
At the end is Bertran Pichart scripsit hoc. Small 4to, parchment,
in a clear enough half-current hand; 134 ff.
Came from the library of the Archb. of Rheims. [Middle of the 15th
century.]
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Bib. nationale (675)?
French.
I know nothing of this MS. except its readings of names given in the
Table appended to the Geographic Text. It then belonged to the Comte
d'Artois. Lazari has it entered as belonging to the Bibl. Imp., I know
not if correctly. [I have been unable to find it in the Bibliotheque
nationale. - H.C.]
See preceding column.
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Bib. nationale, Fr. nonv. acq.
