Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 423
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General information
| Folios | 142 |
| Language | Language object (57) |
| Approx. date | c. 1250 to 1275 |
| Date notes | The Lancelot-Graal project suggests c. 1250. The writing (occurence of round 's' in final position) may suggest a slightly later dating. |
| Place(s) of production | Southern FranceBased on linguistic features as suggested by Meyer (cf. Jonas). |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 2ra] mondeu (et) amo(n)roy p(er)menable / |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 144ra] toires alegorie . (et) moralitez / |
| Incipit | [f. 1ra] L a uie et la passion sant pol apotre / DEe lapassion sant pol sachant tint creant / en nostro?n? seignur q(ue) q(a)nt sainz luquas / li esuangelites fut uenus arome degali / ce [...] / |
| Explicit | [f. 144vb] [...] Ne pardes / letans . lisainz dit q(ue) tot le tans q(ue) on ne panse / de deu ondoit (con)ter ap(er)du Nulle chose se dit / |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Medium quality vellum with holes (e.g. f. 48, f. 97) and stitches (e.g. f. 75, f. 85). In some instances heavily worn and the text has faded (e.g. f. 45). In other places folios are stained (e.g. f. 54). At the end of the manuscript probably two folios have been lost. |
Structure
| Collation: | 110 28 39 4-78 84 9-168 174 188 196 |
| Quire structure: | The manuscript generally consists of regular quaternions. Two folios (f. 6 and f. 7) have been added to the first quire. One folio (unfoliated) has been added to the third quire between f. 20 and f. 21. The eighth quire (f. 59 to f. 62) is a binion, as is the seventeenth quire (f. 127 to f. 130). In the latter case, the quire structure allows a prose text to start in a new quire after a number of verse texts. Probably two folios have been lost from the final quire. |
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| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (11) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | Unillustrated. |
| General decoration: | Each text is preceded by a rubricated title and opens with a large plain initial in red ink (height: 4 to 5 lines). Further subdivisions of the text by means of smaller plain initials in red ink (height: 2 lines). The first initial of the manuscript (f. 1ra) is decorated with flourishings in brown ink. |
| Evidence of readership: | On f. 74r: in the upper margin 'de quo?u/n?oitiza. In the outer margin (13th c. hand) caim + abel. On f. 87vb: drawing of head in the margin. On f. 88rb: drawing of heads in the margin. On f. 89rb: drawing of head in the margin 'qui donne al poure si donne a deu'. On f. 95r: crude drawing of a knight on horseback in the lower margin. On f. 97r: attempt at crude drawing of a horse. On f. 111r: attempt at crude drawing of a horse. |
| Foliations description: | Foliation in roman numerals centered in the upper margin of the recto. This foliation was added in the fourteenth century, after the additions to the manuscript had been made. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Different mise en page for prose texts and verse texts (f. 100v to f. 130v and f. 138v to 142v). |
| Page sampled | f. 15r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 335x245 (mm) |
| Justification | 255x185 (mm) |
| Columns | 211mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 52Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Red ink is mainly used for the plain initials, but also for rubricated tituli and explicits. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
| Description 2 | Lay out of verse texts |
| Page sampled | f. 120 r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (4) |
| Page dimensions | 335x245 (mm) |
| Justification | 260x190 (mm) |
| Columns | 20mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 52Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Red ink is mainly used for the plain initials but also for rubricated tituli and explicits. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (2) |
| Folio range | From f. 1ra to f. 144vb |
| Date | c. 1250 to 1275 |
| Scribe description: | Textualis with two-compartment 'a' the upper compartment of which is open. Use of straight 's' in final position, but occassionally also round 's' in the same position. No use of 'v'. Abbreviations include 'p' with crossed descender, nasal bar also used for q(ue), apostrophe, superscript vowels and crossed tironian 'et'. |
| Notes | |
Provenance
| Description | The coat of arms on the recto side of the inserted table of contents has been identified as that of the Lyonnais De Thomassin family. (Bibale) | |
| Date | ?1400 to 1500 | |
| Place | Place object (115) | |
| Ownership | Person object (117) | |