Review : "The Man from Hong Kong" -- Brian Trenchard Smith

Synopsis and review of the Australian action film The Man from Hong Kong (Brian Trenchard Smith, 1975). Includes cast and credits. Australia’s first martial arts action film was a coproduction between Hong Kong production company Golden Harvest and director Brian Trenchard Smith’s Movie Company, with significant investment from BEF Distributors, a subsidiary of the Australian exhibition chain Greater Union. Two years previously, Golden Harvest had coproduced the Bruce Lee smash hit Enter the Dragon, with Warner Bros. The Man from Hong Kong was its first partnership with an Australian producer, and the first coproduction between Hong Kong and Australian based companies. Although the film was almost entirely set in Sydney, much of the production was shot in a Hong Kong studio, where sets including Wilton’s gloriously decorated apartment were built...

Att tolka namn i tiden. Om det socioonomastiska greppet

Abstract (The socio-onomastic approach and translation): The article adopts an onomastic perspective on the translation, and highlights the challenges posed by the given names. The newer socio-onomastic research has drawn attention to the emotive, appealing, ideological and integrative functions of the names, showing strong links with both the period and with society. In the article this is exemplified with ship names from the nineteenth century, which partly reflect classicism (Argo, Hercules, Juno, Neptunus) and national romanticism (Aallotar, Aino, Sampo, Wellamo). A special challenge is posed by the transparent names that evoke the actual words used, such as Penningdraken ('Money Dragon'), a ship that brought big money, and Människoätaren ('The man killer'), a ship where many sailors lost their lives. Names raise time-bound and culture-bound associations and the translator should be able to interpret the names as an embodiment of the society and the culture from which they originate.

Preliminary studies on food and feeding habits of Polypterus endlicheri and Polypterus senegalus in Lake Chad

The food and feeding habits of Polyprerus cncllicheri and Polypterus senegalus was carried out in the months of September to October. The food of 33 Polypierus endlicheri as observed include Tilapia species (89.3%), Eutropius niloticus (28.6%), Mayfly nymph (39.3%), Dragon fly larva (56.6%) fish remains (21.4%) and detritus (7.1%). The food of27 Polypterus senegalus as observed include Tilapia sp (88.4%), Eutropius niloticus (27.9%), may fly nymph (23.3%), Dragonfly nymph (34.9%) remains (21.1%) detritus (23.3%). (9 page document) The percentage occurrence of food item found in the stomach of Polypterus endlieheri is 93.3% while that of Polyprerus senegalus is 67.4%. The dominance of Tilapia sp was establish in the study, and there is no significant difference between the feeding habit of Polypterus endlicheri and Polyprerus senegalus.

入侵生物金苹果螺在滇池流域的首次记录

2004年10月,中国科学院昆明动物研究所首次发现金苹果螺(Pomacea canaliculata)入侵重要的水源保护区嵩明白邑黑龙潭.金苹果螺起源于中南美洲,在亚洲,它通过有意或无意的传播而逐渐扩散到菲律宾、越南、泰国、老挝、柬埔寨、马来西亚、印尼、巴布几内亚、韩国、日本和中国的南部.金苹果螺已成为水稻产区的最大害虫,给农业生产带来巨大的损失.为防止金苹果螺在云南扩散,目前已经实施了严格的预防、控制措施,同时开展了公众保护教育宣传活动.

川西亚高山云杉人工林天然更新与生境异质性研究

川西亚高山针叶林是四川森林的主体，是长江上游重要的生态屏障。云杉作为亚高山针叶林人工更新的主要树种，已经在该地区形成了大面积的人工纯林。目前，许多云杉人工林分已经进入更新成熟龄，而这些人工林的持续更新却成为日益凸现的问题。探讨这些云杉人工林的自我更新潜力及云杉种子种群更新特点，可为培育后续森林资源提供科学依据。 本文以川西米亚罗亚高山60a云杉人工林为研究对象，并以该区域内相对稳定的植被群落——天然林为对照，采用种子收集器、土壤种子库筛选、室内外种子萌发实验及野外幼苗调查等方法，从异质性微生境的角度研究了种子雨下落之后，不同微生境对种子库、种子萌发、幼苗建立及分布这一前期更新过程的影响，得出如下结果： 1、通过对川西亚高山60a云杉人工林和天然林6年内种子雨雨量、形态特征、散步动态等的持续观测和综合比较可以发现，云杉林结实特点由于林木自身的特征存在着巨大的变动，2002年和2006年两个种子结实大年内，60a人工林种子雨强度分别达到1088.2 ± 52.3粒/m2和704.3 ± 48.9粒/m2，远大于天然林579.9 ± 28.9粒/m2 和507.5± 30.7粒/m2；且云杉林结实质量优于天然林。60a人工林结实量大，种子质量也最好，相对天然林来说对种群的天然更新以及群落的演替都有最大的贡献潜力。应该说，在川西亚高山云杉人工林的天然更新过程中，种源不是影响天然更新的因素。在种子结实大年里，达到更新成熟的云杉人工林有着优于该地区相对稳定植被群落——天然林的种源优势。至少在种子结实大年，种子供应不是该区域人工林天然更新的限制因子。 2、相对于天然林种子库，人工林种子库在种子萌发前能够有较多的有活力种子。虽然这其中有种子雨输入量有差别的因素存在，但两种林分种子库对种子的保存率的不同才是造成这种差异的主要因素。在人工林中，不同地被类型形成的微生境显著地影响了种子库中种子的密度、垂直分布。有地被物存在的微生境能够将种子雨的大部分截留在地被层中，成为幼苗出现的主要场所；同时不同的地被物对种子的保存情况存在显著的差异，苔藓和凋落物层能都较好地保持其中的种子，到种子萌发前，这两种种子库类型能分别为天然更新提供366.1粒/m2和302粒/m2的有效种子。从这点来看，林下地被物上的种子库能够为天然更新萌发阶段提供数量可观的物质基础。 3、种子的萌发和幼苗的定居是天然更新过程中种子库向幼苗库转化的关键环节。总的说来，米亚罗人工林区60a云杉人工林种子向幼苗的转化率十分低下，凋落物、苔藓、草本、裸地四种主要地被物以及天然林内种子/幼苗的转化率分别仅为2.22%、2.14%、0.57%、0.67%、1.05%。这种低的转化率成为云杉林天然更新的限制性因子。但在现有更新条件下，微生境对这一环节仍然显示出十分显著的影响，表现为凋落物和苔藓对现有更新的新幼苗的保存率高于其它类型及天然林。苔藓和凋落物在种子萌发，幼苗保存，以及幼苗分布上都要优于其它地被物类型；另外，微地形对天然更新过程的影响也很显著，凹立地上更适宜于种子的汇集、萌发和定居。 Subalpine coniferous forests dominate most parts of the forested areas in western Sichuan, and they are important ecological barriers in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Picea asperata is one of the keystone spruce species for re-afforestation after felling of the natural forests and there have been a total of ca. 13 000 ha of plantations dominate by this species established. Nowadays, many P. asperata plantations have reached reproductive maturity. However, continued regeneration becomes to an important problem in these plantations. Understanding their self-regeneration potential and the regeneration characteristics of seed populations in spruce plantations of these plantations can have some insights on the management of these plantations and the establishment of following forest resources. A subalpine 60a P. asperata plantation distributed in Miyaluo artificial forest area was studied in this paper, at the same time. Synchronously, a 150a natural spruce forest was studied as comparison. Using seed collecting traps, sieving method for soil seed bank, seed germination experiments and seedling investigations in the field, the effects of heterogeneous microsites on early natural regeneration processes after seed rain were studied, which included seed banks, seed germination, seedling establishment and distribution. The main results are as follows. 1. Through a 6-year long term investigation of seed rain intensities, characteristic, dispersal dynamics of 60a P. asperata plantation, we could concluded that the seed setting properties of 60a P. asperata plantation have a great variation for the characteristics trees. In the mast seed year of 2002 and 2006, the seed rain intensities of plantation was 1088.2 ± 52.3 seeds/m2 and 704.3 ± 48.9 seeds/m2 respectively, which were much greater than that of natural spruce forest (579.9 ± 28.9 seeds/m2 in 2002, and 507.5± 30.7 seeds/m2 in 2006). Furthermore, the quality of seed rain in P. asperata plantation was better than that of natural spruce forest. Contrasting with natural spruce forest, 60a P. asperata plantation has a greater potential on natural regeneration of P. asperata population and succession of community for the reason of greater seed rain intensities and better seed quality. We can confirm that seed source was not a limiting factor which influences the natural regeneration progress of P. asperata population distributed in subalpine mountain zone, at least in the mast seed year. 2. Contrasting with natural spruce forest, P. asperata population had more viable seeds in seed bank before the germination. Although the difference of seed rain intensities of two forests has effect on this phenomenon, the difference of seed conservation ability in two forests was the main factor. In the P. asperata plantation, the seed densities and seed vertical distribution pattern were significant effected by the microsites, which posed by different ground cover types. In other word, Microsite with ground covers can obstruct most seeds and keep them in ground cover layer from seed rain, and these ground covers would be the main site for seed occurrence. There was a significant difference about seeds conservation ability among these ground covers. Litter and moss could better conserve P. asperata seeds which distributed in this two covers. Seed banks exist in litter and moss ground cover types could respectively provide 302seed/m2 and 366.1seed/m2 for natural regeneration before the seed germination. From this point of view, we could conclude that ground covers can ensure considerable numbers of seeds for the germination process. 3. Seed germination and seed establishment are key steps that the seeds invert to seedlings in natural generation process. In sum, the seed/seeding transform rate in 60a P. asperata plantation distributed in Miyaluo artificial forest area is very low. the seed/seeding transform rates in litter, moss, herb, soil surface and natural spruce forest were 2.22%、2.14%、0.57%、0.67%、1.05%, respectively. The low transform rate become to a limiting factor of P. asperata natural regeneration process. However, under the existing conditions of natural regeneration, microsit still had significant effect on this transform. The states of Seed germination, new seedling conservation, and older seedling distribution in litter and moss were better than in any other ground cover type or natural spruce forest. In addition, the micro-relief has significant effect on natural regeneration process. Concave site was more suitable for seed collection, seed germination and seedling distribution.

Down with MNE-centric theories! Market entry and expansion as the bundling of MNE and local assets

Both Anderson and Gatignon and the Uppsala internationalization model see the initial mode of foreign market entry and subsequent modes of operation as unilaterally determined by multinational enterprises (MNEs) arbitraging control and risk and increasing their commitment as they gain experience in the target market. OLI and internalization models do recognize that foreign market entry requires the bundling of MNE and complementary local assets, which they call location or country-specific advantages, but implicitly assume that those assets are freely accessible to MNEs. In contrast to both of these MNE-centric views, I explicitly consider the transactional characteristics of complementary local assets and model foreign market entry as the optimal assignment of equity between their owners and MNEs. By looking at the relative efficiency of the different markets in which MNE and complementary local assets are traded, and at how these two categories of assets match, I am able to predict whether equity will be held by MNEs or by local firms, or shared between them, and whether MNEs will enter through greenfields, brownfields, or acquisitions. The bundling model I propose has interesting implications for the evolution of the MNE footprint in host countries, and for the reasons behind the emergence of Dragon MNEs.

Assessment of the solubility and bioaccessibility of arsenic in realgar wine using a simulated gastrointestinal system

Consumption of arsenic (As) wine is a traditional activity during the classic Chinese festival of Duanwu, colloquially known worldwide as the Dragon Boat Day. Arsenic wine is drunk on the morning of the fifth day of the fifth lunar calendar month to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan, a famed Chinese poet who drowned himself in protest of a corrupt government, and to protect against ill fortune. Although realgar minerals are characteristically composed of sparingly soluble tetra-arsenic tetra-sulfides (As(4)S(4)), purity does vary with up to 10% of As being present as non-sulfur bound species, such as arsenate (As(v)) and arsenite (As(III)). Despite, the renewed interest in As speciation and the bioaccessibility of the active As components in realgar based Chinese medicines, little is known about the safety surrounding the cultural practice of drinking As wine. In a series of experiments the speciation and solubility of As in a range of wines were investigated. Furthermore, a simulated gastrointestinal system was employed to predict the impact of digestive processes on As bioavailability. The predominant soluble As species found in all the wines were As(III) and As(v). Based on typical As wine recipes employing 0.1 g realgar mL(-1) wine, the concentration of dissolved As ranged from ca. 100 to 400 mg L(-1) depending on the ethanol content of the preparation: with the As solubility found to be higher in wines with a lower proportion of ethanol. Based on a common 100 mL measure of wine with a concentration of 400 mg As L(-1), the amount of soluble As would equate to around half of the acute minimal lethal dose for adults. This is likely an underestimate of the bioaccessible concentration, as a three-fold increase in bioaccessibility could be observed in the intestinal phase based on the results from the stimulated gastrointestinal system. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

A cultural practice of drinking realgar wine leading to elevated urinary arsenic and its potential health risk

Toasting friends and family with realgar wines and painting children's foreheads and limbs with the leftover realgar/alcohol slurries is an important customary ritual during the Dragon Boat Festival (DBF); a Chinese national holiday and ancient feast day celebrated throughout Asia. Realgar is an arsenic sulfide mineral, and source of highly toxic inorganic arsenic. Despite the long history of realgar use during the DBF, associated risk to human health by arsenic ingestion or percutaneous adsorption is unknown. To address this urine samples were collected from a cohort of volunteers who were partaking in the DBF festivities. The total concentration of arsenic in the wine consumed was 70 mg L(-1) with all the arsenic found to be inorganic. Total arsenic concentrations in adult urine reached a maximum of ca. 550 mu g L(-1) (mean 220.2 mu g L(-1)) after 16 h post-ingestion of realgar wine, while face painting caused arsenic levels in children's urine to soar to 100 mu g L(-1) (mean 85.3 mu g L(-1)) 40 h after the initial paint application. The average concentration of inorganic arsenic in the urine of realgar wine drinkers on average doubled 16 h after drinking, although this was not permanent and levels subsided after 28 h. As would be expected in young children, the proportions of organic arsenic in the urine remained high throughout the 88-h monitoring period. However, even when arsenic concentrations in the urine peaked at 40 h after paint application, concentrations in the urine only declined slightly thereafter, suggesting pronounced longer term dermal accumulation and penetration of arsenic. Drinking wines blended with realgar or using realgar based paints on children does result in the significant absorption of arsenic and therefore presents a potentially serious and currently unquantified health risk. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Sustentabilidade em infraestruturas desportivas : caso dos estádios de futebol

É evidente a crescente preocupação da opinião pública com os conceitos de Sustentabilidade. Nesta época de mudança, de crise económica global, é de todo premente a sua utilização efetiva, em especial na área da construção que tem sido o reflexo desta nova realidade. A Sustentabilidade na construção deve focar para além das fases de projeto e execução, a fase de exploração, gestão operacional, ou seja, em todo o ciclo de vida da construção. Verifica-se que as cidades sendo grandes aglomerados tanto de edifícios como de instalações são os focos de mudança para a Sustentabilidade. As grandes instalações, em especial os Estádios de Futebol, apresentam assim um impacte muito significativo na Sustentabilidade global. Em Portugal, para o campeonato Europeu de 2004, foram efetuados oito novos Estádios e remodelados dois, que tem vindo a verificar alguns problemas na sua gestão, em especial devido à ausência ou reduzida utilização. Estes Estádios podem ter um mecanismo para acompanhar e promover a sua Sustentabilidade. O desenvolvimento desse mecanismo deve ter como base o estudo dos diversos conceitos referidos anteriormente, como têm sido abordados, bem como os mecanismos existentes de avaliação da Sustentabilidade. A recolha de informação relativa à Sustentabilidade tanto nos Estádios Nacionais, verificando em especial a perspetiva dos respetivos gestores, como de outros Estádios Europeus que apresentam na sua Gestão conceitos de Sustentabilidade e os Estádios que estão a ser finalizados para o Campeonato do Mundo de 2014, que é definido que será um evento Sustentável. A partir desses dados desenvolvem-se um Sistema de Gestão Dinâmico para a Sustentabilidade dos Estádios. Este Sistema apresenta diversos mecanismos que devem ser utilizados para a promoção da Sustentabilidade na Gestão dos Estádios, sendo iniciado através de uma Avaliação do Desempenho Inicial da Sustentabilidade. Através de uma Simulação de Avaliação do Desempenho Inicial ao Estádio do Dragão verifica-se a aplicabilidade. Da parte da equipa de Gestão do Estádio do Dragão considera-se o conceito desenvolvido com elevada relevância e aplicabilidade para apoiar a melhoria da sua Gestão com vista à Sustentabilidade. A Sustentabilidade na Gestão de Infraestruturas Desportivas é possível em qualquer fase do seu ciclo de vida, podendo ser desde uma pequena mudança até à aplicação de um Sistema de Gestão para o efeito. As cidades devem potenciar mecanismos para a promoção da Sustentabilidade no seu território, em especial nas grandes instalações, para o impacte na redução de emissões de CO2 ser significativo.

Ensaio para a implementação de procedimentos de um plano de manutenção das juntas de dilatação do estádio do Dragão

No Estádio do Dragão existem doze juntas de dilatação localizadas simetricamente, que separam o estádio em doze corpos independentes, com o objetivo de minimizar a fendilhação provocada pelas movimentações da estrutura resultantes da solicitação de ações diretas e, principalmente, indiretas nessa mesma estrutura. Neste relatório explicar-se-á a importância, causas e objetivos que levam à necessidade de utilização destas juntas de dilatação em geral nas edificações, e no caso particular do estádio referido. Este elemento estrutural é considerado pela empresa responsável pela manutenção do Estádio do Dragão como a causa de um dos principais problemas recorrentes no estádio que necessitam de uma exigente atenção. Esta consideração deve-se ao fato das intervenções nas juntas de dilatação terem um custo de manutenção bastante oneroso e também pelo frequente aparecimento de novas patologias associadas a este elemento, tais como infiltrações de água, que necessitam de uma reparação urgente. Portanto, no sentido de resolver estas patologias decorrentes do mau funcionamento dos sistemas de juntas existentes no Estádio do Dragão, foi proposto pela PortoEstádio a elaboração de procedimentos de um plano de manutenção das juntas de dilatação que permitisse planear as intervenções e mitigar o aparecimento dessas patologias, com o objetivo principal de minimizar os custos inerentes à manutenção das juntas de dilatação. Estes procedimentos solicitados e demais elementos complementares são apresentados no presente trabalho, com a classificação dos sistemas de juntas do Estádio do Dragão, identificação das principais patologias nos diversos sistemas de juntas, escolha de novos sistemas para substituição dos existentes no estádio e finalmente, a criação de uma calendarização de intervenções nas juntas para a implementação de um plano de manutenção preventiva neste elemento de grande importância estrutural.

ALBUM AMICORUM de Daniel Rindfleisch de Memmingen (1590-1591). In-8 de 15 f. interfoliés de papier blanc. — KNIGHTS made by K. Charles 2d, alphabetically digested. In-8 de 4 f. — Ensemble 2 parties en un vol. in-8, mar. viol. jans. (Hans Asper.)

Rindfleisch (Daniel). Album amicorum (1590-1591)

Statuts de l'ordre de Saint-Michel.

En tête du volume (f. 3-5), pièce de vers adressée à Louis XI à l'occasion de la fondation de l'ordre de Saint-Michel. — Au f. 3, miniature, représentant St Michel apparaissant à Louis XI ; autre miniature figurant St Michel combattant un dragon, au f. 6.

« Antiquités de Lyon, etc. ».

Contient : 1 « Comment le pont d'Avignon fust commensé myraculeusement ». Lettre ; 2 « Pax inter archiepiscopum et capitulum Lugdunenses ex una, et cives ex altera... Actum anno Incarnationis Dominice milesimo ducentesimo octavo mense septembrii ». En latin ; 3 Note sur « ung lac bien profond et appoissonné », qui était autrefois « entre le chasteau » de « Pierrescise et les murailles de la ville » ; A la suite, lavis représentant les deux sceaux de la ville de Lyon : «... sigillum secretum universitatis communitatis Lugduni » ; 4 « Des anciennes pompes funeralles ». Premiers mots : « La vanité supersticieuse des payens ydolastres... ». Derniers mots : « ... il fit graver et entailler des navires » ; 5 Epitaphes et autres curiosités, en latin et en français ; a « Epitaphium Lucrecie : Collatinus Tarquinius dulcissimae conjugi et incomparabili Lucrecie, pudicie decori... » ; b « Rome. D. M. » Epitaphium Euphrosinae. Premier vers : « Quid sibi vult queris tellus congesta viator... » ; c « Aliud Rome. D. M. ». Premier vers : « Hic jacet exiguis Dionisia flebilis annis... » ; d « Rome, et est declaracio epitaphii ejusdem nobilis mulieris de greco in latinum ». Epitaphium Somoneae. Premiers vers : « Ego que cantu eram Syrenis suavior, ego que apud Bachum,... » ; e « Aliud Rome ». Epitaphium ejusdem (?) Somoneae. Premier vers : « Tu qui secura procedis mente parumper... » ; f « Epitaphium Lucrecie nuper repertum in episcopatu Viterbiensy. D. M. S. : Collatinus Tarquinus (sic) dulcissime conjugi et imparabili (sic)... » ; g « Mundus ». Épitaphe en vers ; h Épigramme en vers français. « Rondeau : Vielle mule du temps passé... » ; i Autre épigramme sur la prise de Brescia. « Rondeau : Regina celi letare. Alleluia, car Bresse est prise, Et Venise un chascun desprise. Elle entend très mal son carré... » ; j Autre épigramme contre la république de Venise. « Rondeau : Veniciens de maulvaiz cresme... » ; k « Rondeau : Royalle dame, triomphe des humains... » ; l « Ce que j'ey leu en ung roc au piet de la tour du far près la coloingne en qualité que l'on dit une des bonnes d'Ercules, que fit ediffier ledict Ercules pour sa memoire : Marti Aug... » ; m « Signum Karoli, gloriosi regis, in Ynsulle Barbare, anno ab Incarnacionis (sic) Dominy (sic) DCCCC LXXV » ; n « Le signet du roy Clovis, premier roy crestien » ; o « Le signet du roy Lothaire » ; p « Le signet du roy Pyppin » ; 6 « Des anticquytés de Nostre Dame de l'Isle, près Lion » ; 7 « De anticalia Lugduni ». Recueil d'extraits d'auteurs anciens concernant Lyon (Senèque, Suétone, Ptolemée, Juvénal, Eusèbe, Tacite), et d'inscriptions ou d'épitaphes qui se lisent à Lyon. En latin ; 8 Extrait en latin concernant la tarasque, monstre en forme de dragon, qui autrefois infestait la contrée située le long du Rhône, entre Arles et Avignon, dans les environs de Tarascon, et qui fut dompté par sainte Marthe. En tête on lit : « Je Pierre Sala ey pris se qui s'ensuit sus l'original d'un très ancien livre, qui est en l'eglise de Tarascon, et ce fut environ l'an 1505 ». A cet extrait est joint un portrait de la tarasque, dessiné à la plume ; 9 Extraits, en latin et en français, concernant le squelette du géant « Briart », trouvé le 5 novembre 1456 en la baronnie de Crussol, près S. Peray, « au ruisseau Mederie ». Un de ces extraits est une « epistre » en vers « faicte par monseigneur de MAILLE, en françois, suyvant le latin » qui la précède, « le roy Loys XI estant à séjour à Vallence ». Ces extraits sont précédés d'une peinture donnant une idée de l'endroit où fut trouvé le géant Briart, et dudit géant, peinture qui remplit le revers du feuillet 48, au droit duquel est dessiné le portrait de la tarasque ci-dessus énoncé ; 10 « L'epitre de Senecque à Lucille, du feu qui brulla Lion, qui pour lors estoit sus le mont de Fourvières, et se fut environ 50 ans avant la nativité Nostre Seigneur ». Traduction ; 11 Inscriptions latines à S. Michel auprès d'Aina y et « en l'Anticaille » ; 12 « Des ars qui sont partie à Lyon, partie dehors, près Sainct Hyrinier, Chappono, en plusieurs aultres lieux ». Premiers mots : « Lesdictz ars sont appellées (sic) par le peuple rudde et barbare ars des Sarazins... ». Derniers mots : « ... à l'archediacre de Saluces, etc. »

« Les antiquités de Gaule, à present nommée France, extraictes de Berose chaldaïque, Manethon egiptian, et Gaguin françoys ».

Ce titre est suivi de quatre vers latins que voici : « Ecce recente toga venio, liber undique mundus, Promere quos reges Francia celsa tulit ; Tempora, gesta, locos, sortem, preludia, famam, Ex multis lecta codice claudo brevi » . Au-dessous de ces vers on lit, semble-t-il, Gaguinettus », comme si l'auteur du présent abrégé, se comparant à Gaguin, voulait signifier par ce diminutif « Gaguinettus », qu'il est un petit Gaguin, un abrégé de Gaguin. Puis vient une devise : « Pour esperer mieulx prosperer ». Sur le feuillet 3 v°, en face du feuillet 4 r°, qui contient le titre ci-dessus énoncé, est tracée à l'encre l'image d'une dame ayant un dragon à ses pieds. Elle tient de la main droite un écusson, aux armes de France, et de la gauche un autre écusson où sont représentées 3 tortues, deux en chef et une en pointe. Les feuillets 5-7 sont occupés par une dédicace de l'auteur « Audebrand, advocat d'Aulge et de Honnefleu... à très prudent et ingenieux homme Michelot Feré, grand architecteur du Havre de Grace ». Cette dedicace est datée « de Honnefleu, ce derrain jour de l'an 1518 ». Après la dédicace qui précède, terminée par la devise : « Par esperer mieulx prosperer », s'ouvre le « prologue du present livre », où l'auteur énumère ses autorités : Bérose, Manéthon, Métasthènes, Josèphe, Diodore, Pline, Robert Frescher, Robert Gaguin, Jean Lemaire de Belges. (Fol. 8-10). Le traité intitulé : Les Antiquités de Gaule commence (fol. 11) par : « Ante aquarum cladem... Or dit Berose que devant le deluge... » et finit (fol. 138) par : «... la fondation du Havre de Grace, que le roi François Ier a faict pour la protection de son royaulme... au cap de Caulx ». L'auteur attribue l'honneur d'avoir conduit les travaux à « monseigneur de Chillon, vis-admiral de France et capitaine de Honnefleu », et l'exécution à Michelot Feré, « homme... plain d'ingenieuse solercie, grand maistre et architecteur de l'oeuvre ». Il termine par le souhait que la construction du Havre soit menée à bonne fin, «... priant à Dieu donner au bon roy et à ses amys par esperer bien prosperer ». Puis il ajoute, ledit traité étant divisé en six livres : « La fin du VIe livre des Antiquités de Gaulle et consequemment de tout nostre petit labeur sur la 4e lignée des roys de France, selon la tradition de Gaguin ». Reliure du XVIe siècle en cuir estampé. Sur le premier plat, autour de la Vierge et de S. Jean, au pied de la croix on lit : « Christus filius Dei, vivis miserere nobis ». Sous la croix deux anges soutiennent un écu contenant l'agneau nimbé et portant la croix, surmonté de trois fleurs de lis. Le second plat représente la Pentecôte. Légende : « Veni, sancte spiritus, reple tuorum corda ».

Chants royaux, ballades et rondeaux de Puys normands de l'Immaculée Conception.

Miniature au fol. 1 v°, représentant la Vierge foulant aux pieds le dragon, et entourée de saints, qui chantent ses louanges. Le premier chant royal débute, comme dans le ms. franç. 379 : « Filles d'honneur, qui faictes mansion En la cité Hierusalem tressaincte... »