General
| Library: | British Library |
| Sheflmark: | Egerton 2515 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (6) Segmentation: InformationSource object (6) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | BL in-house binding. Rebound in 1968. (BL Catalogue of Illuminated MSS) |
| Date : | 1968 |
| Title on binding: | |
| Cover material: | None |
| Board material: | None |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (5): | Five paper guardleaves at the front of the MS. |
| End papers (4): | Four paper guardleaves at the end of the MS. (BL Catalogue of Illuminated MSS) |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | f. 70 v. |
Bibliography
| Reference | 'British Library Online Catalogue', (2014) <http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/> [accessed 11 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 | 'Arthurian Fiction in Medieval Europe: Narratives and Manuscripts', (2012) <http://www.arthurianfiction.org> |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Les manuscrits du Lancelot en prose (deuxième article)', Romania, 84 (1963), 28-60 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Manuscripts of the Lancelot-Grail Cycle in England and Wales: Some Books and their Owners', in Carol Dover (ed.), A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle, (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2003), pp. 219-35 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | ?1300 to 1350 | England |
MS Part Library: British Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Egerton 2515 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 193 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | ff. lost at the beginning of the MS. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1300 to 1350 |
| Notes: | Date suggested by the British Catalogue of Illuminated MSS. Jonas gives beginning of the 14th c. The Lancelot-Graal project has c. 1300. Arthurian Fiction dates the MS to 1300-1325. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (5) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1r to f. 195r |
| Date(s): | ?1300 to 1350 |
| Scribe description: | Cursiva antiquior, double-lobe 'a', looped 'b','d','h','l','k', long 's' and 'f' descend below the baseline, 6-like round 's', long-stemmed 'r', 3-like 'z'. |
Folios: f. 1r - f. 195r
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f. 3r - f. 70v
(§00-00) Hue de Rotelande, Ipomedon. (N/A)
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f. 70v - f. 142r
(§00-00) Hue de Rotelande, Prothesilaus. (N/A)
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f. 142r - f. 195r
(§LXX-LXXVIII,43) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (long cyclic version)
- Termination object (5): text omitted after this segment
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