General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 110 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (6) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Red morocco binding, the arms of France gold-tooled on the front and the back. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (1): | One vellum guardleaf at the front of the MS. Noted on the recto side in a modern hand: 'volume de 457 feuillets. Les feuillets 13.88.158.168.169.171.368.421.444.454 – 457 sont mutiles 12 mai 1887' On the verso side, in the upper margin, a late 14th- or 15th-c. annotation: 'Quara(n)te et troys feylles san fault lesquelz deduytz sa ??...?? la ??...?? march quy respond au ??...?? sy desoulz et la conduyt lanc[…] jusques en la marche de gaule'. |
| End papers (1): | One vellum guardleaf at the end of the MS. |
Bibliography
| Reference | , 'Les manuscrits du Lancelot en prose (premier article)', Romania, 81 (1960), 145-87 |
| 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 | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , Gothic Manuscripts 1260-1320 (London: Harvey Miller, 2013) |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| la roumans del lancelot del lac (title in the explicit) | c. 1295 | Northern France |
Related MS
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 110: |
illustrated by the same artistStones 2003, 123. |
| London, British Library, Additional 5474: | |
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 110: |
Similar version of project text(s)These two MSS are closely related in their version of 'Lancelot' segments, and particularly that of the 'Journey to Sorelois'. After the non-cyclic introduction (I-II,9), the text is in the short cyclic version (II,10-VIII) and continues with the long cyclic version (IX-XXXV). |
| Bonn, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, S 526: | |
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 110: |
Similar decorationAccording to Stones 2013, 69-70, these MSS were illustrated / decorated during the same period and in the same region (St.-Omer and Cambrai). |
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, nouv. acq. françaises 6579: | |
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 110: |
From the same medieval collectionBoth MSS have the owner's marks of Admiral Prigent de Coëtivy. |
| London, British Library, Royal 20 D II: |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 110 |
| MS Part Title: | la roumans del lancelot del lac (title in the explicit) |
| Ms Part Folios: | 457 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | A fine manuscript, which has sustained considerable damage. Folios lost at the beginning; the present f. 1 is mutilated, corners have been torn (e.g. ff. 146, 158), the lower margins have been pillaged for parchment (e.g. ff. 3-11,134), pages are worn and the text has faded. ff. 454 to 457 have been mutilated. The vellum is generally of good to medium quality, some folios are more rigid. Some stitches (ff. 248, 415) and holes (ff. 254, 444). |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1295 |
| Notes: | Date suggested by the Lancelot-Graal project. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 457rb |
| Date(s): | 1275 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis rotundus with a two-compartment 'a' with closed upper compartment, uncial 'd', diacritic on 'i', exclusive use of long 's' in final position. Word-division marked with dash. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 457rb
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f. 1ra - f. 45vb
(§00-00) Estoire del saint Graal (N/A)
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f. 45vb - f. 67rb
(§00-00) Estoire Merlin (N/A)
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f. 67rb - f. 163
(§00-00) Suite du Merlin (N/A)
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f. 164ra - f. 254vc
(§Ia-LXXIa) Lancelot's childhood and adolescence to his installation as a knight of the Round Table (Single redaction)
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f. 254vc - 00
(§I-II,9) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (non-cyclic version)
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00 - 00
(§II,10-VIII) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (short cyclic version)
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00 - 00
(§IX-XXXV) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (long cyclic version)
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00 - 00
(§XXXVI-XLII) Conte de la Charette (beta)
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00 - f. 327ra
(§XLIII-LXIX) Suites de la Charette (short cyclic version)
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f. 327ra - f. 404vb
(§LXX-CVIII) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (short cyclic version)
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f. 405ra - f. 440
(§00-00) Queste del saint Graal (N/A)
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f. 441ra - f. 457rb
(§00-00) Mort le roi Artu (N/A)
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