Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 82

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  • Contains: (1r-111v) De informatione principum. With prologue (1r-v) and divided in four parts: 2r-40r, 40r-78r, 78r-93v, 93v-111v. Each part preceded by a chapter list. - Empty: ff. 112r-114v.
    Subject (temporal):
    Middle Ages
    15th century

    Titre(s) : De informatione principum, VLQ 82

    Langue(s) des textes : latin

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  • Textual: Anonymous treatise, a mirror of princes, possibly written by a Dominican of St. Jacques, Paris, as a moral instruction for Louis X, king of France (1289-1316, r. 1314-1316). - (f. 1r) Incipit prologue: "Regnabit rex et sapiens erit et faciet judicium et justiciam in terra [Jer. 23,4]. In verbo preposito Dominus per prophetiam ...". - (f. 2r) Incipit part 1: "Circa primum consideranda est primo dignitas regie majestatis ...". - Text of VLQ 82 is the only source for the first redaction of this treatise; four manuscripts kept at Paris, BnF belong to the second redaction: Latin 6698, 6698 A, 6780, 16622 (cf. ARLIMA)
  • Also described by MMDC and A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database RKD, The Hague).

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