Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 2552.23.A1
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General information
| Folios | 1 |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | ?1250 to 1300 |
| Date notes | Based on the writing a dating towards the middle of the century seems more likely. |
| Place(s) of production | {unspecified} |
| First words of second recto folio | [fragment of one column] |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 1ra] armes fait une uoil ge |
| Incipit | [f. 1r] armes fait une uoil ge [...] / quele m?ui?re . si memenoi[...] / einsi come uo(us) ueistes po[...] / noier . auant |
| Explicit | [f. 1v] [...]enez . lors sunt monte / [...]t li .x. cheual(ier). (et) uie(n)nent / au bos chel . (et) le ce?i?chent |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Fragment cut from the inner column of a folio. The four holes and vertical folds suggest that the strip was used to strengthen the binding of one or more quires. |
Structure
| Collation: | na |
| Quire structure: | A stroke of parchment cut from the inner half of a folio. |
| 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 flourishingsin the contrasting colour. The decoration is very rudimentary with some curls in the eye, small curls and dots outside the initial. |
| Evidence of readership: | none |
| Foliations description: | modern indication of shelfmark and position in the collection of fragments in the lower left corner of the recto. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Two double horizontal throughlines at the top, middle and bottom of the justification. |
| Page sampled | f. 1r |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 292x78 (mm) |
| Justification | 250x50 (mm) |
| Columns | 1 (originally 2)namm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 46Line 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 | Script object (4) |
| Folio range | From f. 1r to f. 1v |
| Date | c. 1270 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis rotundus with double-compartment 'a' the upper lobe of which is open. 'i'-longa is used after 'o', 'u' and in initial position. Hairlines at the end of the final strokes of 'h', 'm', 3-like 'z' descend below the baseline. Marked, curved form of straight 's' at the beginning and end of words. Only straight 's' is used in final position. No use of 'v'. Abbreviations include nasal bar which is also used for q(ue), apostrophe, -us abbreviation, superscript vowels, crossed and uncrossed tironian 'et'. |
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