Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Couldrette, active 14th century-15th century

Title:

[Four leaves from Le Roman de Mélusine]

Alternate Title(s):

Roman de Mélusine. German

Published / Created:

[Basel?] : [Bernhard Richel?], [ca. 1476?]

Physical Description:

[4] leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0176
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Prose translation by Thüring von Ringoltingen from the French rhymed version of Couldrette.

Description based on a fragmentary copy at the Yale Center British Art. Woodcuts and text appear to match Incunabula short title catalogue entry no. im00476000, but the typeface varies.

Three leaves include large woodcuts, depicting: the king harassed by a ghost; the confession on the deathbed; a knight in battle with a bear and dragon.

From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.

Subject Terms:

Melusine (Legendary character) | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.

Form/Genre:

Incunabula. | Woodcuts. | Fragments (object portions)

Contributors:

Ringoltingen, Thüring von, approximately 1415–1483 or 1484, translator. | Richel, Bernhard, -1482, printer.