Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, IV 852, fragments 6-8
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General information
| Folios | 3 |
| Folio notes: | Fragments of one bifolium and two strips cut from an additional folio |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | ?1250 to 1300 |
| Date notes | Based on the script. Possibly even before 1230 since the text appears to be copied above top line. The outer side of the first folio of the bifolium has been trimmed, as has the upper margin. Text has been lost in f. 1rb and f. 1va. Given that the strips of parchment with the entire height of the column have 36 lines, c. 2 lines have been lost at the top of the bifolium. The strips appear to have been cut from the same folio. On the recto side the first strip preserves the last words of column a and the majuscules of column b. The second strip preserves the last words of column b. On the verso, the second strip preserves the beginning of the lines of column a, the first strip has the first lines of column b. |
| Place(s) of production | {unspecified}No clear distinctive linguistic features. What remains of the decorated initial on the strips of parchment may suggest a provenance in the North of France. |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 2ra] Q uant cil de la chamb(re) |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 3ra] Q uil ne?..? ne ne pe[...] / |
| Incipit | [f. 1ra] M e?n?uelent lidieu gara(n)tir / J atant ne(n) isaura uenir / Q ue ie nes face enseuelir / (Et) acest branc dacier fenir / |
| Explicit | [f. 3vb][...] b(ie)n / [...] rien / [...] el se?n?oil |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Good quality vellum; no holes in the writing space. f. 2 stained. Especially f. 1v and f. 2r are worn (some text loss in f. 2rb). The bifolium has been trimmed at the upper and outer side. Two strips of parchment constitute f. 3. |
Structure
| Collation: | na |
| Quire structure: | One bifolium. Two strips of parchment cut from the same folio. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (12) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | None. |
| General decoration: | The strokes preserve remnants of a decorared initial, presumably goldleaf on a field of scarlet framed in black ink (height: 8 lines), Further subdivisions are indicated by pen-decorated initials (height: 2 lines). Two blue initials with red flourishings survive (f. 1ra; f. 3vb). Possibly, these alternated with red initials with blue flourishings. However, no evidence survives. |
| Evidence of readership: | none |
| Foliations description: | none |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Separate column for majuscules. The lines of the b-column are concluded with a comma. Originally: Page dimensions: 240x166 Justification: 170x115 No of columns: 2 No of lines: 34 Intercolumn space: 5 |
| Page sampled | f. 1r |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 213x125 (mm) |
| Justification | 160x110 (mm) |
| Columns | 25mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 32Line 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 | Separate column for majuscules. The lines of the b-column are concluded with a comma. |
| Page sampled | f. 2r |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 211x166 (mm) |
| Justification | 162x115 (mm) |
| Columns | 25mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 32Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
| Description 3 | Separate column for majuscules. The lines of the b-column are concluded with a comma. |
| Page sampled | f. 3 (stroke 1) |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 240x35 (mm) |
| Justification | 170x35 (mm) |
| Columns | 25mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 34Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Only used for decorated initials. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
| Description 4 | Separate column for majuscules. The lines of the b-column are concluded with a comma. |
| Page sampled | f. 3 (stroke 2) |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 240x35 (mm) |
| Justification | 170x29 (mm) |
| Columns | 1namm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 34Line 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. 1ra to f. 3vb |
| Date | ?1250 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with double-compartment 'a', the upper compartment of which is open. Marked tongue on 'e' in final position. 'l' 'h', 'b' with forked ascenders. I-longa is used in final position. Only straight 's' is used in final position. Some instances of round 's' at the end of the line. Abbreviations include crossed tironian 'et', superscript vowels, con-abbreviation, nasal bar also for q(ue), 'p' with crossed descender. Particularly distinctive is the comma-like punctus at the end of each verse in the b column. |
| Notes | |
Provenance
| Description | Transferred from the archives of Namur. | |
| Place | Place object (91) | |