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André Lorin: Livre de Contredance du Roy / Présenté à Sa Majesté (BNF MS, 1680/1688/1721 attributed)
Publisher: BNF MS, c.1680 (presented to Louis XIV; later state 1688). André Lorin (fl. 1685-1721, Paris). BNF Manuscript copies in three attributed states: 1680 conception; 1688 fair-copy presentation to Louis XIV (cf. LOC-1688-LORIN-ROY); 1721 retrospective compilation. The 'Livre de la Contredance du Roy' is the SINGLE EARLIEST French manuscript collection of contredanses with figure-notation, predating Feuillet's 1700 Recueil de Contredanses by 20y. Lorin developed an idiosyncratic graphic notation showing dancer-paths on a square dance-floor. Imported via _import_2026-04-25-1330_FRANCESCHI1608_LORIN1680.py — syllabus-row reconstructed during 2026-04-25 integrity-repair sweep. Has_Step_Detail = Partial: includes graphic figure-tracks, no per-step foot-position notation. Companion to LOC-1685-LORIN and LOC-1688-LORIN-ROY.Year: 1680Family: lorin-majesteCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by BNF MS, c.1680 (presented to Louis XIV; later state 1688). André Lorin (fl. 1685-1721, Paris). BNF Manuscript copies in three attributed states: 1680 conception; 1688 fair-copy presentation to Louis XIV (cf. LOC-1688-LORIN-ROY); 1721 retrospective compilation. The 'Livre de la Contredance du Roy' is the SINGLE EARLIEST French manuscript collection of contredanses with figure-notation, predating Feuillet's 1700 Recueil de Contredanses by 20y. Lorin developed an idiosyncratic graphic notation showing dancer-paths on a square dance-floor. Imported via _import_2026-04-25-1330_FRANCESCHI1608_LORIN1680.py — syllabus-row reconstructed during 2026-04-25 integrity-repair sweep. Has_Step_Detail = Partial: includes graphic figure-tracks, no per-step foot-position notation. Companion to LOC-1685-LORIN and LOC-1688-LORIN-ROY. (1680). Imported from local collection.