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<p>Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 10a 212. Lombardy?, Italy, Early 14th century. This manuscript is an early fourteenth-century copy of a treatise on kingly conduct written in the thirteenth century by Giles of Rome for Prince Philip, later Philip IV of France. The manuscript is divided into three books: the first on the individual conduct of the king, the second on personal relationships with family and household, and the third on the state. Each of the three books is subdivided into three parts, each with its own chapter list. This manuscript was written in northern Italy, perhaps Lombardy, on parchment in rotunda script. Aside from three historiated initials (fols. 1a recto, 89r, 227v), each part's chapter list begins with a puzzle initial in red and blue and each part's text begins with a multicolored decorated initial.
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<br>Subjects: Treatise; 14th century; Italian</div>
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Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia</div>
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