General
| Library: | Bancroft Library |
| Sheflmark: | 107 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (2) Segmentation: None |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Old vellum binding with title label on read leather (Digital Scriptorium. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | Manuscrit precieux de 1133 |
| Cover material: | Material object (4) |
| Board material: | None |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers : | |
| End papers : |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | |
Bibliography
| Reference | 'Arthurian Fiction in Medieval Europe: Narratives and Manuscripts', (2012) <http://www.arthurianfiction.org> |
| Notes | |
| Reference | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | ': Répertoire des textes et des manuscrits médiévaux d'oc et d'oïl', (IRHT, 1998-2013) <http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Lancelot Part 3', in Roger Dalrymple and Keith Busby (eds), Comedy in Arthurian Literature (Woodbridge: DS Brewer, 2003), pp. 117-33 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | Bancroft library, Digital Scriptorium (Berkeley, 2007-) |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , The Middle Dutch Prose Lancelot(Amsterdam/Oxford/New York: Noord Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1987) |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 2] | ?1250 to 1300 | ||
| [Part 1] | c. 1275 to 1310 | Northern France |
MS Part Library: Bancroft Library
General
| Shelfmark: | 107 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 2] |
| Ms Part Folios: | None folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | None |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1250 to 1300 |
| Notes: | The Lancelot-Graal project suggests c. 1250; Arthurian fiction has 1240 to 1260. Jonas and Digital Scriptorium date the MS to the end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th c. The writing could confirm a date c. 1250. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 382vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1250 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with two-compartment 'a', with open upper compartment and double lobe 'a', uncial 'd', 'e' with tongue, 8-shaped and Rücken-'g', the lobe of which extends below the baseline, limb of 'h' curves below the baseline, diacritic on 'i' in minim groups, 'i'-longa in final position, straight 's' in final position, round 's' at the end of the line, vertical stroke of 't' barely extends above the headstroke, no use of 'v', 3-like 'z',. Word-separation not indicated. Biting of 'd'/'b' and round 'r', 'd' and 'e'. Abbreviations include crossed tironian 'et', 'p' with crossed descender, nasal bar, 'com'-abbreviation, -'us' abbreviation, apostrophe and superscript vowels. |
MS Part Library: Bancroft Library
General
| Shelfmark: | 107 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | None folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1275 to 1310 |
| Notes: | The calendar in the first three folios was added at a later date. The writing suggests a date at the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th c. Digital Scriptorium confirms that the calendar was not originally part of the MS, but is contemporary. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From i to iii |
| Date(s): | c. 1275 to 1310 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis, mixed two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment and double bow 'a', 'e' without tongue, 8-shaped 'g',round 's' in final position, vertical stroke of 't' extends above the headstroke, 'v' in initial position. |
Folios: ira - iiivb
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f. 3r - f. 3v
(§00-00) Calendar (N/A)
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3v - 3v
(§00-00) Du bon Briant, de France conestable (N/A)
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Folios: 1ra - 382vb
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4r - 00
(§Ia-LXIIa) Lancelot's childhood and adolescence to his installation as a knight of the Round Table (Single redaction)
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00 - 00
(§I-XXXV) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (unconfirmed)
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00 - 00
(§XXXVI-XLII) Conte de la Charette (unconfirmed)
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00 - 380v
(§XLIII-LXIX) Suites de la Charette (short cyclic version)
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