Heber, Richard (1773-1833)
In the middle of the 12th century the Latin works of Statius and Virgil as well as adaptations of Homer were translated into the vernacular. At the same time these Latin texts were being brought into the “romance” language (French), the first examples of the French poetic form called the “Roman” or Romance were being written. CB 18, a parchment manuscript, contains two such works, the Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure and the anonymously authored Roman de Thèbes.
Online Since: 03/25/2009
- Heber, Richard (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Benoît, de Sainte-More (Author) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Evans, Robert Harding (Seller) | Heber, Richard (Former possessor) | Phillipps, Thomas (Former possessor) | Robinson, William H. Ltd. (London) (Seller) Found in: Standard description
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, the "Father of English Poetry", have been preserved in 82 medieval manuscripts and four incunabula editions. The copy in CB 48 was made in the 15th century by a single scribe. The manuscript is still in its original binding of suede deerskin stretched over wooden covers.
Online Since: 12/09/2008
- Heber, Richard (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Chaucer, Geoffrey (Author) | Heber, Richard (Former possessor) | Phillipps, Thomas (Former possessor) | Thorpe, Thomas (Seller) Found in: Standard description
This generously illuminated manuscript in two volumes was made at the beginning of the 15th century and contains Guiron le Courtois, a romance about the fathers of the knights of the round table written around the year 1235. The various tales are presented here in an order unique to the to the CB 96 manuscript.
Online Since: 03/25/2009
- Heber, Richard (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Evans, Robert Harding (Seller) | Galfredus, Monumetensis (Author) | Heber, Richard (Former possessor) | La Vallière, Louis César de LaBaume LeBlanc de (Former possessor) | Phillipps, Thomas (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
This generously illuminated manuscript in two volumes was made at the beginning of the 15th century and contains Guiron le Courtois, a romance about the fathers of the knights of the round table written around the year 1235. The various tales are presented here in an order unique to the CB 96 manuscript.
Online Since: 03/25/2009
- Heber, Richard (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Evans, Robert Harding (Seller) | Heber, Richard (Former possessor) | La Vallière, Louis César de LaBaume LeBlanc de (Former possessor) | Phillipps, Thomas (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
The manuscript held by the Fondation Martin Bodmer contains the only exemplar of the long Anglo-Norman roman lignager (family history tale) Waldef. This text, originally written at the beginning of the 13th century, consists of some 22,300 octosyllabic couplets celebrating the lives of its hero and his sons; after a long preamble going back to the Roman occupation of England, the tale recounts love and separation, travels and battles using conventional imagery. This manuscript was copied near the end of the 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century and is decorated with pen drawings in the margins; it also contains a second roman lignager, Gui de Warewic and a chanson de geste, Otinel.
Online Since: 12/21/2009
- Heber, Richard (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Evans, Robert Harding (Seller) | Heber, Richard (Former possessor) | Phillipps, Thomas (Former possessor) | Robinson, William H. Ltd. (London) (Seller) Found in: Standard description