Copies of two letters by 'Monsieur de Chasteuil', i.e. Pierre Galaup de Chasteuil (d. 1727), on the Troubadours (p. 1) and on the Courts of Love (p. 11), written in the 18th cent.

File

MS. Douce 83

Held at the Weston Library

Probably originally written in about A.D. 1710. The letters begg. 'Madame, à mon retour de Barventaire', 'Monsieur, il y a trois ou quatre ans.'.

Dates

54 pages

MS. Douce 83

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 21657

Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.

On paper

8 1/2 × 6 3/8 in.

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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