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La Curne de Sainte-Palaye Manuscripts
Catalogue reference: SAINTE-PALAYE
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SAINTE-PALAYE
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Title (The name of the record)
- La Curne de Sainte-Palaye Manuscripts
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1700-1800
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Description (What the record is about)
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Manuscript 'Glossaire des moeurs, coûtumes etc de France', compiled by Jean Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye for his 'Glossaire de l'ancienne langue françoise', 18th century, and comprising an alphabetical arrangement of topics on French manners and customs, with marginal references giving the volume and page of the manuscript or printed source from which the extracts were made.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The volumes comprise an alphabetical arrangement of topics with two supplements, both also arranged alphabetically.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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University College London Library holds a copy of 'Dictionnaire historique de l'ancien langage françois: ou Glossaire de la langue françoise' (1875-1882) (Ref: 211 QUARTOS B 2LAC).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- MS PHILL
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Sainte-Palaye; M. de La Curne de (Jean-Baptiste de La Curne) (1697-1781); lexicographer
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 62 volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- The Phillipps Manuscripts at University College London were given to the College by the German government in 1912.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Collection level description.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Born 1697; lexicographer; announced his 'Glossaire de l'ancienne langue françoise', 1756; died, 1781; his 'Glossaire' finally appeared in its entirety, 1875-1882. Publications include: as editor, 'Les Amours du bon vieux tems' (Vaucluse & Paris, 1756); 'Histoire littéraire des Troubadours', arranged and published by C F X Millot (Paris, 1774), and 'The Literary History of the Troubadours', collected and abridged from the French by [Susanna Dobson] (London, 1779); 'Memoires sur l'ancienne chevalerie' (Paris, 1759-81), and 'Memoirs of Ancient Chivalry', translated by [Mrs S Dobson] (London, 1784); 'Memoirs of the Life of Froissart', translated by T Johnes (London, 1801); 'Dictionnaire historique de l'ancien langage françois: ou Glossaire de la langue françoise' (Paris, Niort, 1875-1882). See Lionel Gossman, 'Medievalism and the ideologies of the Enlightenment: the world and work of La Curne de Sainte-Palaye' (Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1968).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ee843e69-5c54-4161-9e0a-1a8d0f68f5ab/
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La Curne de Sainte-Palaye Manuscripts