Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, II 139
[Roman de Troie]
General information
| Folios | 1 |
| Language | None |
| Approx. date | ?1175 to 1200 |
| Date notes | Busby 2002, vol. II, 490 |
| Place(s) of production | England |
| First words of second recto folio | [fragment of 1 folio] |
| First words of last recto folio | [fragment of 1 folio] |
| Incipit | I ce parole tot premiers |
| Explicit | (Et) esprove (et) coneu |
Related MS
| Manuscript object (347) | |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | Not applicable |
| Condition: | Fragment, vertically cut in half. Small hole in the margin. Damaged in the upper corner. |
Structure
| Collation: | 11 |
| Quire structure: | Fragment of one folio, vertically cut through the middle. |
| Quire marks: | |
| Catchwords: | none |
| Catchword disposition: | |
Physical description
| General description: | Fragment of 1 folio, vertically cut in half. Edited by A. Scheler in 'Le Bibliophile Belge', 1875, 181-192. The fragment corresponds to v. 27695-27905 of the edition of Aristide Joly, 1869. |
| General illustration: | NA |
| General decoration: | The text is structured by one modest initial (height: 2 lines) with a simply decorate eye. |
| Evidence of readership: | |
| Foliations description: | A modern hand has marked the piece of vellum 1,2 (recto) and 3,4 (verso). |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Verse layout with majuscule column. Prickings still visible. Horizontal throughlines at the top and bottom of the justification. |
| Page sampled | r |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 317x198 (mm) |
| Justification | 246x137 (mm) |
| Columns | 26mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 52Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Only for the decoration of the eye of the initial 'o'. |
| Writing above top line? | True |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (8) |
| Folio range | From 1r to 1v |
| Date | ?1175 to 1200 |
| Scribe description: | Gothic script with ancient featurs. Two-compartment 'a' of which the upper compartment is open. Exclusive use of straight, half-uncial 'd', although uncial 'd' is used in the majuscule column. The lower lobe of 'g' is open. I-longa is used after 'y'. Pronounced tongued 'e'. Abbreviations include superscript vowels ('a', 'e', 'i', 'o'), Tironian 'et' which is generally uncrossed (except for in the majuscule column); horizontal bar is used for q(ue) but untypically also for 'r'-abbreviations. Unusual in younger Gothic script is also the 'est'-abbreviation. Unusual biting of 'a' and round 'r'. |
| Notes | |