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Register of the Capitouls of Toulouse elected to the King's Council at the assemblies of 1371 and 1372.

Accession number
MS M.717
Object title
Register of the Capitouls of Toulouse elected to the King's Council at the assemblies of 1371 and 1372.
Created
Toulouse, France, 1375-1400.
Credit line
Purchased in 1927.
Description
1 leaf (1 column, 20 and 22 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 420 x 280 mm
Provenance
Sir Francis Cook Collection; Wyndham T. Cook Collection (Catalogue of the Art Collection, 1904, p. 179, no. 727); Humphrey W. Cook; his sale (London, July 7, 1925, lot 493) to Quaritch; purchased from Maggs in 1927.
Notes
Ms. single leaf from a register; written and illuminated in Toulouse, France, last quarter of the 14th century.
The Capitouls were the municipal officers of Toulouse; this page was removed from the original register that was publicly burnt at Toulouse on Aug. 10, 1793--Cf. PML files.
Decoration: 2 large miniatures, 1 historiated initial; arms of Toulouse at bas-de-page; French Gothic style.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification