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W.313, Compilation of Rhymed Proverbs: Proverbs en rimes

Abstract

This late fifteenth-century manuscript is one of the earliest surviving examples from a small group of illustrated compilations of proverbs. Each drawing and accompanying verse refer to a commonly known proverb or turn of phrase. The verse does not typically include the phrase, so the combination of image and text is like a riddle that would bring the saying to mind (the proverbs are used in this catalog record as the titles of the images). The proverbs can be both entertaining and moralizing, and they frequently refer to religious life, farming and trades, and acceptable (or unacceptable) behavior. This manuscript originally contained more entries, but several leaves were detached at some point or not included when the book was rebound. Two leaves separated from this manuscript are now in the Wildenstein Collection at the Musée Marmottan in Paris. A third individual leaf (fol.add.1), which has significant damage on one side, was purchased by the Walters Art Museum in the 1990s.

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    194. Back flyleaf i, r

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    195. Back flyleaf i, v

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    196. Back flyleaf ii, r

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    197. Back flyleaf ii, v

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    198. Back flyleaf iii, r

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    199. Back flyleaf iii, v

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    200. Lower board inside

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    201. Lower board outside

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    202. Spine

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    203. Fore-edge

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    204. Head

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    205. Tail

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