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Background Essay
Title: Roman de Mandevie : les melancolies sur les conditions de ce monde
Alternate Title: Livre de Mandevie
Author(s) / Contributor(s): Dupin, Jean, 1302-1372
Engremer, Jehan, scribe
Date Issued: 1450
Region: France--Northern France
City: Lorris
Type of Resource: Manuscript book
Language: Middle French, 1400-1600
Genre: Narrative
Physical Description: Fol. 89v-94r of 231 leaves: paper, 13 x 19.4 cm
Decoration: Pen-flourished initials
Topic: Art and Culture
Subject: Allegories
Satire, French
Note(s): Title, beginning of table of content, and Book VIII omitted
Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library
Call Number: Harvard U MS Fr 370
Provenance: Philipps, Thomas, sir, 1792-1872, former owner
Digital Image Rights Holder: Harvard University
Reading Difficulty: Advanced
Time Period: 1450-1499