Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 423

[Part 2]

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General information

Folios4
Folio notes:The table of contents (f. 0), f. 6, f. 7and the insertion between f. 20 and f. 21 are clearly later, 14th-c. additions.
LanguageLanguage object (3)
Approx. date?1300 to 1350
Date notesBased on the writing
Place(s) of productionSouthern France
Possibly manufactured in the South of France. Based on the linguistic characteristics of [Part 1] and the added coat of arms of the De Thomassin family (Lyon).
Table of contentsTable of contents on the verso side of the first folio. 'Cy sensuiuent les uies (et) passions des / apostres n(ost)re seigneur ih(es)ucrist . et / daucu(n)s aultres sains (et) sainttes / et aussi pluseurs miracles que no(st)re dame fist / pour ceulx (et) celles qui deuoteme(n)t la depriere(n)t / et requierent . Item mes de laiguel qui pour / nous fu rotis . Et p(re)merement la vie et / passion saint pol lapostre. .i.f. The table of contents opens with a plain initial in red ink (height: 3 lines). In two columns the texts are listed (Item ...) with reference to the folio in the manuscript.
First words of second recto folio
First words of last recto folio
Incipit[f. 0ra] Cy sensuiuent les uies (et) passions des / apostres n(ost)re seigneur jh(esu)crist . et / daucu(n)s aultres sains (et) sainttes . / et aussi pluseurs miracles que n(ost)re dame fist / pour ceulx (et) celles qui deuoteme(n)t la depriere(n)t / et requirent .
Explicit[f. 20bisv] par ceste maniere a la foire fait /

Material

Material:Material object (4)
Watermark:
Condition:Medium quality vellum, in fair condition.

Structure

Collation:
Quire structure:The table of contents is inserted at the front of the manuscript. Folio 6 and 7 (of smaller size and copied in long lines) have been inserted between folios 5 and 8 of the original manuscript. A stroke of parchment (height 125 mm) which has not been foliated has been added between f. 20. Text only on the verso side.
Quire marks:MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21)
Catchwords:
Catchword disposition:MSCatchwordDisposition object (12)

Physical description

General illustration:none
General decoration:Plain initials in red ink.
Evidence of readership:Coat of arms and motto (15th c.) on the recto side of the first added folio. Bibale attributes the coat of arms to the De Thomassin family from Lyon. During the 14th and 16th c., influential members of the family were aldermen in the city council. That the MS was in Lyon in the 15th c., would line up with linguistic features pointing towards the region and the recognized by Meyer (cf. Jonas), who also argued that the scribe used a Lyonnais miscellany of legends (possibly BnF f.fr. 818) as a source.
Foliations description:Foliation in roman numerals centered in the upper margin of the recto. This foliation was added after the 14th-century interpolations had been inserted.

Mise en page

Description 1Different mise en page for the inserted fragments. f. 7 and the interpolation between f. 20 and f. 21 are written in long lines. f. 6 is written in two columns.
Page sampled
LayoutNone
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Rubrication
Writing above top line?False
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Hand(s)

Level of Execution:Execution object (4)
ScriptScript object (4)
Folio rangeFrom to
Datec. 1300 to 1350
Scribe description:Northern textualis with two-compartment 'a' the upper compartment of which is closed. Occurence of box-'a' and double-bow 'a'. Round 's' in final position. Use of 'v' in initial position. Crossed tironian 'et'.
Notes

Provenance

DescriptionThe coat of arms on the recto side of inserted folio with the table of contents has been identified as that of the De Thomassin family from Lyon (Bibale).
Date?1400 to 1500
PlacePlace object (115)
OwnershipPerson object (117)