General
| Library: | Bancroft Library |
| Sheflmark: | 73 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (2) Segmentation: InformationSource object (2) |
| Described by: |
Bindings
| Description: | Eighteenth-century, red morocco binding, decorated with gilt border and spine. Bound by Richard Wier. (Digital Scriptorium) |
| Date : | c. 1700 to 1800 |
| Title on binding: | |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | None |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (6): | Six guardleaves at the front. An inscription on one of the flyleaves records a sale on 8 June 1479. The name of the buyer has been made illegible. |
| End papers (6): | Six guardleaves at the rear. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Partial |
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Bibliography
| 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 | 'Digital Scriptorium', (2014) <http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/digitalscriptorium/> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'A Little Known Codex, Bancroft MS. 73, and its Place in the Manuscript Tradition of the Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal', Arthuriana, 6.1 (1996), 1-21 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | La Mort du roi Arthur, ed. Hult, David (Paris: Librairie Générale Française, 2009) |
| Notes | |
| Reference | La Mort du roi Arthur, ed. Hult, David (Paris: Librairie Générale Française, 2009) |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1220 |
MS Part Library: Bancroft Library
General
| Shelfmark: | 73 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 163 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Medium to lower quality vellum with stitches in the written area (e.g. f. 142). Damaged folios with torn sides and corners (e.g. f. 5; f. 96; f. 163) resulting in loss of text. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1220 |
| Notes: | The Lancelot-Graal project dates the manuscript to c. 1220. Digital Scriptorium has third quarter of the thirteenth century. The Jonas-database gives middle or last quarter of the thirteenth century. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 163vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1230 |
| Scribe description: | Small, compact textualis rotundus, written above top line with double compartment 'a', the upper lobe of which is open, clubbed ascenders on 'b', 'h', 'k' and 'l', uncial 'd', tongued 'e' in final position, Rücken-'g' with closed lower lobe, diacritic on 'i' in minim group, limbs of 'm' and 'n' do not extend below the baseline, the descender of 'p' and 'q' curves to the right, biting of 'o' and round 'r', exclusive use of straight 's', vertical stroke of 't' does not extend above the headstroke, use of 'v' in initial position, 3-like 'z'. Use of punctus. No indication of word-separation. Abbreviations include superscript vowels ('i'), 'com'-abbreviation, uncrossed tironian 'et'. 'ss' ligature. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 163vb
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f. 1ra - f. 79vb
(§na-na) Queste del saint Graal (N/A)
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f. 80ra - f. 163vb
(§na-na) Mort le roi Artu (N/A)
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