General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | nouv. acq. françaises 5243 |
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Physical description: InformationSource object (2) Segmentation: InformationSource object (2) |
| Described by: | nmorato |
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Bibliography
| Reference | , Arthurian Legends in Medieval Art (London: Oxford University Press; New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1938) |
| Notes | p. 130 and fig. 355-56. |
| Reference | , 'Guiron le Courtois'. Étude de la tradition manuscrite et analyse critique (Geneva: Droz, 1966) |
| Notes | pp. 77-79. |
| Reference | , La pittura e la miniatura nella Lombardia, new ed. (Torino: Einaudi, 1987) |
| Notes | pp. 377-383. |
| Reference | , Richard III's books: Ideal and Reality in the Life of a Medieval Prince (Stroud: Sutton, 1997) |
| Notes | pp. 687-88. |
| Reference | , 'Un manuscrit arthurien et son commanditaire. Le Guiron le Courtois de Bernabò Visconti, Bibl. Nat. de FR. n.a.f. 5243' (thèse de l'École nationale des chartes, 2000) |
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| Reference | Manuscrits enluminés d'origine italienne: tome 3: XIVe siècle: I. Lombardie-Ligurie (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 2005) |
| Notes | pp. 60-56. |
| Reference | , Il ciclo di 'Guiron le Courtois': strutture e testi nella tradizione manoscritta (Florence: Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2010) |
| Notes | pp. 12-13 and 209-18. |
| Reference | , Écrire et représenter la parole : le manuscrit de Guiron le Courtois, Paris, BnF n.a.f. 5243, dans Narrazioni e strategie dell'illustrazione. Codici e romanzi cavallereschi nell'Italia del Nord (secc. XIV-XVI), a c. di Annalisa Izzo e I.M., Roma, Viella, 2014, pp. 105-122. |
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MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | 1360 to 1370 | Lombardy |
Related MS
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, nouv. acq. françaises 5243: |
illustrated by the same artistThe illustration of this manuscript probably belongs to a first Venetian (perhaps Paduan) phase of the Master of Guiron le Courtois, dateing ca. 1350-1370, see Leonardi et alii 214, 82-90. Cf also Lauby 2000, 214 and Sutton 1996. |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | nouv. acq. françaises 5243 |
| MS Part Title: | Part 1 |
| Ms Part Folios: | 92 folios |
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Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
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| Condition: | though many folios have been removed, the parchment was of good quality and it is in good condition. On the contrary, the ink is fading and the illustrated parts look extremely delicate. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | 1360 to 1370 |
| Notes: | Toesca 1912, 162-3; Avril - Gousset 2005, 60-5 |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 92vb |
| Date(s): | 1350 to 1375 |
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Folios: f. 1ra - f. 92vb
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1ra - 64va
(§Lath. 4-Lath. 33) Meliadus. Up to the siege of Anchone (family alpha (long pre-cyclic version))
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (5) f. 46v
- ParatextualType object (5) f. 47v
- ParatextualType object (5) f. 48v
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65ra - 92vb
(§Lath. 251-Lath. 255) Continuation of 5243 (singular version)
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