Arsenal Marco Polo

MS 5219 Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal (Paris, France)

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Arsenal Marco Polo

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Alternative Titles: Il Milione di Marco Polo
Marco Polos Wundersame Reise
Le livre des voyages
Marco Polo, Le Devisement du monde
Livre des merveilles
Marco Polo's Wondrous Journey
Buch der Wunder
Book of Wonders
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 336 pages / 29.8 × 20.7 cm
Origin: France
Date: Ca. 1500
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Gothic
Genre: Literature / Poetry
Language: French
Script: Gothic cursive
Illustrations: 197 page-wide miniatures in golden frames and dozens of decorated initials
Content: French translation of Giovanni Nanni's Antiquitatum Variarum and Marco Polo's travelogue and description of the world
Artist / School: Maître des Entrées parisiennes (Jean Coene IV)
Previous Owners: Charles-Adrien Picard
Marc Antoine René de Voyer Argenson, Marquis de Paulmy

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#1 Il Milione di Marco Polo. Marco Polos Wundersame Reise

Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana - Treccani – Rome, 2024

Publisher: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana - Treccani – Rome, 2024

Limited Edition: 598 copies (+ 11 copies in Roman numerals)

Binding: Red velvet binding

Commentary: 1 volume by Philippe Ménard, Eugenio Burgio, Samuela Simion, Antonio Montefusso, Marcello Bolognari, Jérémy Chaponneau, and Laura Tomasi
Languages: German, Italian

1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

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