Jonathan, or, The true friend
- Creator
- Cerisiers, René de, 1603-1662
- Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661 (dedicatee)
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Manuscripts, English
- Manuscripts, European
- Date
- 1660
- Language
- English
- Extent
- 88 leaves : paper ; 205 x 158 (172 x 112) mm bound to 214 x 170 mm
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (p. i), Jonathan, or The true friend. Written originallie in French by The famous de Ceriziers Almoner to the King. Done Into English by [attribution and date deliberately made unreadable]. Date appears to be 1660.
- Dedication: "To my Lord the Most Eminent Cardinall Mazarin." (p. iii-iv).
- Pagination: Paper, i + 88 + i; [iv], 1-163, [164-170]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners..
- Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
- Binding: Half cloth.
- Origin: Written in England, circa 1660.
- Pencilled note next to title page reads: "Several translations were done by Sir Wm. Lower from the same author. This original manuscript appears not printed." [Name blocked out on title page does not appear to be Lower, however.].
- English, translated from French.
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3t43j36t
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 210
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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