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f.1v, Government Types
Le Livre de Politiques translated by Nicole Oresme, Paris, 1376.
La Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, ms. 11201-02, Brussels, Belgium.


From top : Tyrannie, Olygarchie, Democracie.
Tyranny, Oligarchy, Democracy.
Image source: La Bibliothèque royale de Belgique

Catalog Entry
Titre: le liure de politiques = [ms. 11201-02]
Auteur(s): Raoulet d'Orléans (fl. 1376 copiste). Scribe
Adresse bibliogr.: [France: Paris] , 1376
Collation: (ii) + i + 403 + (ii) f. : Ecriture gothique textuelle; 2 colonnes; 11 miniatures; initiales fleuries et filigranées; décoration marginale; titres en rubrique ; 22,6 x 14,7 cm
Matériel: Parchemin
Note: Traduction française des Politiques et Economiques d'Aristote par Nicole Oresme, copiée par Raoulet d'Orléans pour Charles V, roi de France
Contient (note)
      f. 1r-262v: Aristote, [Politica]
      f. 263r-403v: Aristote, [Ethica]



Title: The Book of politics = [ms. 11201-02]
Author: Raoulet d'Orléans (1376 copyist). Scribe
Publication address: [France: Paris], 1376
Collation: (ii) + i + 403 + (ii) f. : Gothic textual writing; 2 columns; 11 miniatures; initials with flowers and filigrees; marginal decoration; titles in red; 22.6 x 14.7 centimeters
Material: Parchment
Note: French translation of the Politics and Economics of Aristotle by Nicole Oresme, copied by Raoulet d'Orléans for Charles V, King of France
Contains (note)
      f. 1r-262v: Aristotle, [Politica]
      f. 263r-403v: Aristotle, [Ethica]



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