The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 131 D 1 (fol. 5)
[Part 1]
General information
| Folios | 1 |
| Language | Language object (44) |
| Approx. date | c. 1350 |
| Date notes | Based on script. This is a semitextualis which has all the characteristics of the textualis except for the single-compartment 'a' which it shares with the cursiva. In this particular hand it is combined with some instances of double-compartment 'a', with a closed upper lobe. Only round 's' in final position. |
| Place(s) of production | Northern FranceAlthough semitextualis was extremely popular in Italy, the fact that this hand does not share other features with Italian rotunda makes it rather improbable that this is an Italian manuscript. Linguistic properties suggest a Northern (Picard) provenance ('iou', 'cose'). |
| First words of second recto folio | [fragment of 1 folio] |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 1ra] M ais ia dius ne me laist de mes membres io / S e iou puis le duc prendre |
| Incipit | [f. 1ra] M ais ia dius ne me laist de mes membres io[...] / S e iou puis le duc prendre ne a mes mains ten[...] / S e nel fat pendre en haut ou en espoi rostir / O r ferai la cite emtoussens si ordir / Q(ue) par mer ne par t(ier)re nen pora nuls issir |
| Explicit | [f. 1vb] Q (ua)nt il orent la uille alex(andre) rendue / L i roys le fist garnir et autres gardes mue / Q ui sont preu et cortois et boine gent cremue / p sens sera gardee li uille et b(ien) cremue / A u quint ior alex(andre) de son siege remue / T out droitem(en)t a gadres cela uoie tenue |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Good quality vellum, damaged in the upper margin, causing some loss of text. |
Structure
| Collation: | na |
| Quire structure: | One folio |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (12) |
Physical description
| General description: | Starts at II,80 l. 9 to II,91 l. 4 (but adds two lines between l. 2 and 3. |
| General illustration: | none |
| General decoration: | Each laisse starts with a pen-decorated initial (height: 2 lines) alternatingly blue and red with flourishings in the contrasting colour. |
| Evidence of readership: | none. reference to the Michelant edition (p. 215) in a modern hand. |
| Foliations description: | Modern foliation referring to the position of the fragment in the collection (5) in pencil in arabic numerals added in the top right corner of the recto. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Seperate column for the majuscule letters at the beginning of the verseline. |
| Page sampled | f. 1r |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 327x227 (mm) |
| Justification | 267x200 (mm) |
| Columns | 210mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 64Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Only used for decorated initials. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | None |
| Folio range | From f. 1ra to f. 1vb |
| Date | c. 1350 |
| Scribe description: | Semitextualis with single compartment a, some occurrence of double-compartment ‘a’ in final position. Only round ‘s’ is used in final position. Use of ‘u’ and ‘v’ in initial position. Distinctive hairlines at the end of the tail of ‘g’, at the top of the ascender of ‘ll’, marked ‘e’ with tongue, at the end of the horizontal stroke of ‘r’ and at the end of the limb of ‘h’. Abbreviations include –us abbreviation, com-abbreviation, nasal bar as general abbreviation mark also used for q(ue), superscript vowels. ‘Et’ is written in full. |
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