The exhortation to the rich by the poor orator, miniature on a leaf from an illuminated copy of Raoul Bollart, Poème moral, in Latin verse, on vellum [Northern France (Paris or Rouen), c.1509]

single leaf, 215mm. by 155mm., with a large miniature within gold ornamental pillars, 73mm. by 90mm., with the ‘poor orator’ in red robes and a black hat, his black cloak thrown over his shoulder, reading in a gothic interior from his written script to the rich man (here with a fur-lined tunic and with a red hat, gold-highlighted robes and a large money bag at his waist) and a crowd of listeners, above a small initial in liquid gold on pale brown grounds and 14 lines in an ornate lettre bâtarde, verso with 19 lines, two further initials, contemporary foliation “fo. ii.” and eighteenth-century “20”, very slight staining along upper edge, some remnants of brown tape from previous framing, else excellent condition, in card mount

Doubtless from the same manuscript as the preceding two lots, and demonstrating that the parent manuscript of the leaves here had exactly the same contents as its sister manuscript: Geneva, Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire, ms. lat.97 (closely corresponding to fol.19r there: Aubert, Notices sur les Manuscrits Petau, 1911, pp.49-50 and L’enluminure de Charlemagne à François Ier, 1976, no.65; reproduced in the recent facsimile of the manuscript on the e-codices website).