Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, IV 621.10
[Part 1]
General information
| Folios | 2 |
| Folio notes: | Strip cut from a bifolium preserving the text of about 7 lines of 8 columns. The text corresponds with p. 117 of the Michelant edition and following for the first part of the bifolium and p. 131 and following for the second part of the bifolium. The fragment has been pasted in the collection the wrong way. What now appears to be f. 2ra is probably the outer side of the bifolium. |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | ?1300 to 1350 |
| Date notes | The script suggests a dating in the first half of the 14th c. (or less probable late 13th c.) |
| Place(s) of production | {unspecified}No specific linguistic features. |
| First words of second recto folio | na |
| First words of last recto folio | na |
| Incipit | [f. 1ra] Tant q(ue) le siue enseigne estoit de g(ra)nt renon |
| Explicit | [f. 2vb] Mais puis lont crestien |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Strip of parchment cut from a bifolium. The first column of the second half of the bifolium is damaged and repaired with a piece of Scotch tape, which renders the text difficult to read. |
Structure
| Collation: | |
| Quire structure: | Strip cut out of a bifolium. |
| Quire marks: | |
| Catchwords: | none |
| Catchword disposition: | |
Physical description
| General illustration: | na |
| General decoration: | On f. 2r two plain initials in red ink (height: 2 lines) which have been partially trimmed, no further decoration. |
| Evidence of readership: | none |
| Foliations description: | none |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Fragment of a relatively small manuscript in two columns. Ruling has faded. |
| Page sampled | f. 2r |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 35x188 (mm) |
| Justification | 35x155 (mm) |
| Columns | 215mm between columns |
| Lines | 8 (the original number of lines may be reconstructed once the precise text has been established)Line ruling present in Colours object (6) |
| Rubrication | Red ink is only used in initials. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (4) |
| Folio range | From f. 1ra to f. 2vb |
| Date | ?1300 to 1350 |
| Scribe description: | A northern littera textualis rotundus with double-bow 'a' with a closed upper compartment. Exclusive use of round 's' in final position. Use of 'v' in initial position 'i'-longa in final position. Frequent use of abbreviations, superscript letters, 'p' with barred descender, -'us' and 'com'-abbreviation, 's'-like apostrophe for 'r', crossed tironian note for 'et', tilde for nasal consonants. |
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