Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 24149
Part 1
General information
| Folios | 2 |
| Folio notes: | One bifolium from a manuscript. One or more bifolia have been lost in between. The folios have been folded the wrong way around. |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | ?1400 to 1500 |
| Date notes | The writing (littera cursiva with open 'v') may suggest a dating in middle or second half rather than at the beginning of the century. |
| Place(s) of production | {unspecified} |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 281ra] blance quilz sen?cr?aorent et entretenorent et assilore(n)t / as saiettes dachier et as armes esmolues Co(m)me(n)t ly / roy phelippe et ses filz alixandre desconfire(n)t le roy / ocheas destiche / Moult se fuissent bien vengie cil de stiche des / |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 281ra] blance quilz sen?cr?aorent et entretenorent et assilore(n)t / as saiettes dachier et as armes esmolues Co(m)me(n)t ly / roy phelippe et ses filz alixandre desconfire(n)t le roy / ocheas destiche / Moult se fuissent bien vengie cil de stiche des / |
| Incipit | [f. 282ra] Comme(n)t ly rois prist amon [?....?] po(ur) sa g(ra)nde beaute / Ceste damoiselle hester [...] |
| Explicit | [f. 281vb] ...et perdi la vie mes e?in?chois quil parmoureust / le fis vengier de sa main ses filz alixandres / si co(m)me je vous diray er seray ja se il vous / plest briefment entendre |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | The bifolium, especially the outer sides and the first column of the second recto are badly worn. The folds and wear suggest that the bifolium was used as some sort of envelope. Large parts of the text (f. 281ra, f. 282ra, f.282v) have become almost entirely illegible. |
Structure
| Collation: | 12 |
| Quire structure: | The fragment is a bifolium. In between, one or more bifolia have been lost. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (12) |
Physical description
| General description: | Co(m)me(n)t ly / roy phelippe et ses filz alixandre desconfire(n)t le roy / ocheas destiche / Co(m)ment ly rois / phelippe re?nu?ahi celz dathenes Comment adonques fis ly roy phelippe prendre moult des hans hommes de grece Comment ly rois phelippes peres alixandres fite moult demans et defellonnies ...et perdi la vie [...] le fis vengier de sa main ses filz alixandres si comme je vous diray er seray ja se il vous plest briefment entendre f. 282ra Comment li rois pris amom[...] pour sa grande beaute Comment ly rois sot qui cil estoient qui le [...] ouyr Comment ly rois par maulves conseil commanda que tuit ly juif de son regne perdissent les vies Comment la roine hester |
| General illustration: | none |
| General decoration: | The text is structured by means of plain initials (height: 2 lines) alternatingly red and blue, preceded by a rubricated titulus. |
| Evidence of readership: | f. 281ra: multiple times 'Corbie' referring to the abbaye of Saint-Pierre de Corbie in Picardy, France. f. 281v: written in pencil in the outer margin 'Proces verbaux de le chasse / au cygnes 1552-1693 - Corbie 47'. |
| Foliations description: | Modern foliation in arabic numerals in the upper right corner of the recto. The foliation is continuous with that of the reports in the rest of the manuscript. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | |
| Page sampled | f. 281v |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 330x260 (mm) |
| Justification | 240x180 (mm) |
| Columns | 210mm between columns |
| Lines | 44 |
| Rubrication | Red ink is used for rubricated tituli and plain initials. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (9) |
| Folio range | From f. 281ra to f. 282vb |
| Date | ?1400 to 1500 |
| Scribe description: | Littera cursiva with looped and loopless 'd', open 'v', 't' with short shaft, long 's' and 'f' extending below the baseline. |
| Notes | |