Ms. Codex 729 is a manuscript written by Guillaume de Mandagot who died in ca. 1321. This particular
Ms. Codex 729 is a manuscript written by Guillaume de Mandagot who died in ca. 1321. This particular copy was made in France between ca. 1300 and 1325.Our library has two unbound quires from this work, which deals with a section of canon law. The quires contains some of Mandagot’s own gloss on his work and some details relating to the church at Toulouse, where the author was provost for a time.On folio 1r one can see a historiated initial with a monk in his scriptorium as well as a marginal image of a rabbit playing the bagpipes.For the manuscript description and digitized images please see OPenn: http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/PennManuscripts/html/mscodex729.html -- source link
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