The BnF seeks €500,000 to acquire a rediscovered manuscript by Anne de France
A 1505 text by Anne de France, missing for a century, has resurfaced, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France is trying to raise the funds to buy it.
The Bibliothèque nationale de France is seeking to acquire a manuscript of the "Enseignements" of Anne de France, a text dating from 1505 that had disappeared from view for a century, according to Bibliobs (Le Nouvel Obs). The library hopes to raise 500,000 euros to purchase it.
Anne de France, daughter of Louis XI and regent of the kingdom during the minority of her brother Charles VIII, wrote the "Enseignements" as a guide addressed to her daughter. According to the historian Eliane Viennot, cited by Bibliobs, the text sets out a vision of power, of life, and of the place of women in a world governed by men.
The summary gives no further detail on how the manuscript resurfaced, on its current owner, or on the timetable for the acquisition campaign.
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