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| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location Sion/Sitten |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Archives de l'Etat du Valais/Staatsarchiv Wallis
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark S 109 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Six ages of the World |
| Caption: | Caption Parchment · 1 f. · ca. 800 x 47 cm · France (Paris?) · end of the 14th century - beginning of the 15th century |
| Language: |
Language
French |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary This manuscript of Six âges du monde, created in France at the end of the 14th century or at the very beginning of the 15th century, appears towards the end of the Middle Ages in the library of the Supersaxo family, one of the most important libraries of Valais, which today is held in the Médiathèque Valais-Sion and (this manuscript) in the State Archives of Valais in Sion. The work is remarkable in more ways than one: first, it was created in the rarely-used scroll format, a format reserved for, among others, universal chronicles, a genre to which this manuscript belongs. Second, a complex family tree, showing the descendants of Adam until the birth of Christ, runs the entire length (eight meters) of the manuscript. The columns of text of this impressive graphic document are accompanied by numerous drawings that resemble the style of Parisian works. Finally, this exemplar is not unique, since the municipal library of Reims owns a similar scroll (ms. 61), which certainly was illustrated by the same master. |
| Standard description: | Standard description Description de Noémie Escher, Archives de l’Etat du Valais, 2017.Show standard description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-aev-S-0109 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-aev-S-0109) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/aev/S-0109 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/aev-S-0109/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote Sion/Sitten, Archives de l'Etat du Valais/Staatsarchiv Wallis, S 109: Six ages of the World (https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/aev/S-0109). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 03/22/2017 |
| Rights: | Rights Images:
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Scroll/Roll |
| Century: |
Century
14th century, 15th century |
| Decoration: |
Decoration
Figurative, Fully Painted, Gold / Silver, Initial, Margin, Ornamental, Penwork, Schematic, Text Block, Tinted Drawing |
| Restored: |
Restored
Yes |
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Le manuscrit des Six âges du monde. Généalogie d’une lutte contre le Diable de la Création à l’Apocalypse, Stève Bobillier, Presses Inverses, Pully, 2022.
Die schönsten Seiten der Schweiz. Geistliche und weltliche Handschriften / Trésors enluminés de Suisse. Manuscrits sacrés et profanes, M. Bernasconi Reusser, C. Flüeler, B. Roux (ed.), Cinisello Balsamo (Milano) 2020, 360-361, Nr. 92 (B. Roux).
steve · 10/31/2023, 16:22:49
Une analyse du manuscrit et de son contenu, ainsi qu'une mise en contexte de son acquisition par les Supersaxo au moment des premières chasses aux sorcières.
L'édition complète du texte est disponible sur le site https://six-ages.vallesiana.ch/