The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,335 pages of information about The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2.

The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,335 pages of information about The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2.

   See vol. i., Introduction, Irish Version, pp. 102-103.

Curry’s Lectures, and special Note by Mr. J. Long, Dublin.

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Dublin
Trinity College, No. 632
Latin.

Marco Polo:  Itinerarium (ff. 43), 4to; 15th century.  In a collection of “Historical and Miscellaneous Treatises” comprising:  Leges S. Edwardi per Will.  Conq. confirmatae; De Fundatoribus Eccles. quarundam in Anglia, etc.

Cat. of the MSS. in the Lib.  Trinity College, Dublin, ... by T.K.  Abbott, 1900, p. 105.

FRANCE.

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PARIS
Bib. nationale, No. 7367 (now Fr. 1116)
French.

This is the most precious of all MSS. of Polo.  It has been fully spoken of (vol. i., Int., The Old French Text) under the name of the Geographic Text or (G.T.), because it was printed by the Societe de Geographie in 1824. [See I, p. 83]

  A large 4to of thick parchment; 112 ff.; very clearly though not very
  neatly written in Gothic text.—­14th century.

  A facsimile of this MS. has been made this year (1902) at Karlsruhe. 
  (See App. H. p. 569.)

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18
PARIS
Bib. nationale, No. 8329 (now Fr. 2810)
French.

“Ce Liure est des // Merueilles du Monde.  Cest assavoir de la Terre // Saincte.  Du Grant Kaan Empereur des tartars. // Et du pays Dynde.  Le Quel // Liure Jehan Duc de Bourgoingne donna // a son oncle Jehan fils de Roy de // France duc de Berry et Dauviergne, Conte // de Poitou, Detampes. de Bouloingne. et Dauvergne. // 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 115_l._ This is Pauthier’s MS. B. See vol. i., Int., Various Types of the Text.

  Large folio on vellum.

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