The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 131 C 30
[Part 1]
General information
| Folios | 3 |
| Folio notes: | Language: peculiar form for "Gauvain" "GauGain" |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | c. 1230 to 1250 |
| Date notes | Based on the script. Written above top line. Double-compartment 'a' with open upper lobe. Exclusive use of straight 's' in final position. |
| Place(s) of production | ChampagneChampagne? The pen-decorated initials closely resemble those used in the slightly older manuscripts which according to Alison Stones were produced in the Champagne region. |
| First words of second recto folio | [fragment] [IIra] que iames ?.?ei?.? ?tiennet? seur / home desarme . por quil soit ar / mez . sesor soi deffendant Nele / fait. [...] |
| First words of last recto folio | [fragment] [IIIra] moisele fait il . sui [...] / |
| Incipit | [fragment] [I ra] lun come de lautre . li cheual(ier)s / fu granz (et) for?ai?lz . (et) b(ie)n tailliez / les piez ?uou?tiz . (et) les ianbes lon / gues . (et) droites . |
| Explicit | [fragment] [IIIvb] [...] il uenuz . (et) misire / (et) damoisele?(et)?ou?.?lia / [...] ce v(ost)re amor acest / [...]r. certes sire fet ele |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Fragment I: entire folio, outer column has been cut. Holes in outer column. Fragment II-III: fragment of one bifolium. At the bottom, the lower margin and twelve lines of text have been cut. Folio II has the text of both columns. Of the accompanying folio III only about two thirds of the inner column survive. |
Structure
| Collation: | na |
| Quire structure: | Folio one is one entire folio. Folios two and three are one bifolium of which the second folium has been trimmed to about two thirds of the inner column. The lower margin has been trimmed. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (12) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | none |
| General decoration: | The text is structured by means of pen-decorated initials (height: 2 lines) alternatingly blue and red with flourishings in the contrasting colour. The decorations very much resemble thpse of the manuscripts produced in the Champagne region c. 1220-1250. |
| Evidence of readership: | Notes on f. Ir, f. IIr and f. III may suggest that this manuscript had already been reduced to fragments in the later 15th century. |
| Foliations description: | Modern foliation in roman numerals (in crayon) in the upper inner corner of the recto. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | folio I. An additional double horizontal throughline is ruled in the lower margin at circa 28 mm from the bottom of the justification. |
| Page sampled | Ir |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 290x160 (originally 210) (mm) |
| Justification | 190x135 (originally 145) (mm) |
| Columns | 210mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 40Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Only used for decorated initials. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
| Description 2 | f. II |
| Page sampled | f. IIr |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 180x210 (mm) |
| Justification | 160x145 (mm) |
| Columns | 210mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 28Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Only used for decoration |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
| Description 3 | f. III |
| Page sampled | f. IIIr |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 180x70 (mm) |
| Justification | 160x45 (mm) |
| Columns | 110mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 29Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Only used for decoration |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (4) |
| Folio range | From f. Ira to f. IIIvb |
| Date | c. 1230 to 1250 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis rotundus with double-compartment 'a' the upper lobe of which is open. In final position, only straight 's'. 'u' in all positions. Uncial 'd' with dropping descender. Marked use of forked ascenders on 'l' . 'h' and 'b'. Descenders curve to the left. the limb of 'd' descends below the baseline and curls to the left. Abbreviations include apostrophe, -us, -con abbreviation, uncrossed as well as crossed tironian note. Peculiar is that the end of each line in the outer margin is marked with a dot in ink (as an alternative for line-holes?). Particulary interesting is the use of the 'st' - ligature. |
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