General
| Library: | British Library |
| Sheflmark: | Royal 19 C XII |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (6) Segmentation: InformationSource object (6) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | White leather binding with gold-tooling. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | None |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (2): | Marbled endpaper at the front. One unfoliated paper guardleaf and one original parchment flyleaf (f. i) at the front . |
| End papers (2): | Marbled endpaper at the back. One original parchment guardleaf (f. 85) at the end. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | |
Bibliography
| Reference | 'British Library Online Catalogue', (2014) <http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/> [accessed 11 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| 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 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1250 to 1300 | France |
MS Part Library: British Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Royal 19 C XII |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 84 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Four or five folios missing at the end (BL, Catalogue of Illuminated MSS). |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1250 to 1300 |
| Notes: | Date suggested by the British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts. The Lancelot-Graal project suggests c. 1250. The writing with exclusive use of round 's' in final position confirms a date in the second half of the 13th c. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 84vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1250 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment, clubbed (sometimes forked) ascenders for 'b', 'l', 'h', uncial 'd', 'e' without tongue, 'Rücken' -'g', limb of 'h' does not descend below the baseline, diacritic on 'i' in minim group, round 'r' in final position, round 's' in fonal position, vertical stroke of 't' ascends above the headstroke, 'v' occurs in initial position, diacritic 'dot' on 'y'. Word-separation marked with dash. Abbreviations include apostrophe, nasal bar, uncrossed tironian 'et', superscript vowels, 'com'-abbreviation. Fusion of 'd' and 'e'; st-ligature. |
Folios: 1ra - 84vb
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1ra - 84vb
(§00-00) Estoire del saint Graal (N/A)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
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