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By Guillaume de Lorris (William de Lorris), By Jean de Meun (Jean Clopinel; Jean Chopinel), Attributed to Robinet Testard
The Poet Dreams a Dream - and lave my face in the refreshing waters there; and as I bent, I saw the river floor - Le Roman de la Rose
Miniatures on vellum
1490 circa - 1500 circa
France
Dimensions: 23.5 cm x 34.5 cm
Collection Categories
By Other Artists, Influences (influenced by) and Sources, Manuscript documents
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Princess Louise Of Savoy (Duchess Of Nemours, Duchess Of Angoulême)
Compte Justin MacCarthy Reagh
George Hibbert 1829 sold at auction £84
Francis Douce 1829-1834
Bodleian Libraries 1834 - Present MS. Douce 195 ff. ii + 156 Bequeathed by Douce to the Bodleian in 1834
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
Le roman de la rose, Bodleian Library MS. Douce 195 Jean de Meun (Jean Clopinel; Jean Chopinel), Guillaume de Lorris (William de Lorris) 1490
fol. 001v
The Romance of the Rose, The first translation of this masterpiece of medieval literature Jean de Meun (Jean Clopinel; Jean Chopinel), Guillaume de Lorris (William de Lorris), Harry W Robbins, Professor Charles W. Dunn 1962
p. 5 v. 80
Edward Burne-Jones on Nature. Physical and Metaphysical Realms Professor Liana De Girolami Cheney 2021
illus fig. 30