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DISPLAY AND ADVERTISEMENT OF PRIVILEGES
CcMTt* e-g. PA 1514. 7) in privileges granted by the Park-mem. The
of the fiat word, or die whole first tine, may be printed in
larger type dun die remainder of the privilege.
Letters Parent, fair-copied in traditional style by skilled derks in the royal
ry. or in die office ofdie Prevoc ofParis, were ini|X>iiagifcM nun in and
printers visibly tried to imitate die lay-out and general appearance ofdie
A good example is prmided by Xlichel LeNoirmm^ edition of //
CH 1513. 3). The privilege granted to him by Louis XII.
1 on die tide-page, is given a page to itsetfafter die table ofcontents,
test. First comes a beading. S'atsnt Itpnritgge'm*
large gorhkr type. Then die opening words Lris par It grmcr 4e ** are given
special treatment: die initial L is rakrn from a set ofornamental capitals used
i the rest ofdie book at die beginningofeach chapter; die rest of die phrase is
act up in die same large type as die one used for die heading, apart from die O
wfcidi is a capital from a stui larger fount. The rest of the privilege is set up in
the same type as die romance itself. Below, carefully indented, and preceded
by a paragraph sign, is die authority for die seating of die document. 'Par le
roy, Maistre Pin it de la Yernade. maistre des requestes ordinaires present*,,
and die word "Signe* to show diat die name which follows was an autograph
signature die original Letters Patent. Below again, centred at die foot ofdie
page, is die name of die signatory. *J. Mordet" (see Plate 4. p. 86).
Odier fonns ofprivilege are also sometimes presented in a way intended to
real die look of die original document. In die case of die "Extrakn des
legt&ucs de Pariement* die possibilities for display were limited, but some
; did their best to show it oft Thus Galliot Du Pre had die privilege in
de Sekr's Troricnu tfmrjirimKi {PA 1514. 4) carefully spaced, and die
; phriTr "Veue par la court la requeste . . .* is printed in gothic type, an
1 lni& .ilia the capital V. which takes up five tines of die
ten. Benhold Remboh printed in larger type die judgement of die court
actually conferring the privilege l*La dkte court a defendu . . .*). in his edition
of Bonxace de Ceva. Strmmma qmtdrmgatmtla tPA 1517, i). The form char-
by the appfacam followed by die order given in response, could be set up widi
varietv. A nice example is die French translation of Porydore Virgil. Dt
< PR 1520, 12). Here die printer. Pierre Le Brodeur. began
de Paris' introduced
M mile, headed "A Monseigneur le prevost
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3t paragp jai any- ineoassicopenM^pnrase. supply e i
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the opportnmtv to use an anmsms initial letter,
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OBL After Ac ritual conclusion. 'E vous firrez bien". Le Brodeur left a
space, and dien '
printed the Prevot's answer, die words Ainsi signe Alegre" set
oat below in die ptmititm the signature would occupy in die original (see
7)
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