London, British Library, Additional 23929

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General information

Folios64
LanguageLanguage object (48)
Approx. date?1350 to 1399
Date notes'Late XIVth cent.' (Ward 1883, I:357; cf. Løseth 1905, 4; Delcorno Branca 1998b, 339; Allaire 2002, 17); 'sec. XIVex - XVin' (Cigni 2012, 258).
Place(s) of productionNorthern Italy, Padua
'Italia nord orientale, forse Padova' (Delcorno Branca 1998a, 53; cf. Allaire 2002, 17; Cigni 2012, 258).
First words of second recto folio[f. 2ra] ENdementiers q(ue) la damoissele /
First words of last recto folio[f. 64ra] TRistaíns se gíst qi fortm(en)t se do / ut
Incipit[f. 1ra] APRES / ce que ie aí / leu e releu / e porueu par / mai(n)tes foís / leg(ra)nt líure / de latin / celuí / meemes q(ui) / díuíse ap(er)te / m(en)t lestoire / del saínt graal Molt me mereueíl / q(ue) aucu(n) proudome ne uíent aua(n)t / q(ui) enp(re)igne a traslater de lati(n) en / françois
Explicit[f. 64ra] Lí escuíers est touz esbahíz d(e) ce / ste chose . car il lí semble bien q(ue) / ce soit ueritez as ensoignes q(ue) lí / roys

Material

Material:Material object (4)
Watermark:
Condition:Fine quality parchment, with wide margins. There are occasional tears (e.g. ff. 16 and 46) and holes (e.g. f. 50). Ink has sometimes rubbed (e.g. f. 1r, text restored by a modern hand), and a few stains render text illegible (e.g. f. 23v).

Structure

Collation:

1-610 74

Quire structure:Six regular quinternions, followed by a binion.
Quire marks:MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21)
Catchwords:
Catchword disposition:MSCatchwordDisposition object (4)

Physical description

No. of illustrations:1
General illustration:One miniature (height: 10 lines) on f. 1ra, depicting the author at work, extended to form a foliate border in the gutter and upper margin.
General decoration:Chapters are marked by historiated initials (height: 6 lines), with coloured letters within gold frames. Paragraphs are marked by flourished initials (height: 2 lines), alternating red and blue (with decoration in the opposing colour). Guide letters are visible in the margins. Majuscules with orange highlighting.
Evidence of readership:Rubric (chapter headings) added at a later date.
Foliations description:Modern pencil numbering in the upper right corner of recto sides.

Mise en page

Description 1Ruling of columns sometimes visible.
Page sampledf. 22r
LayoutMSLayout object (3)
Page dimensions335x236 (mm)
Justification154x213 (mm)
Columns2
20mm between columns
Column ruling present in Colours object (5) (RulingMaterials object (1) )
Lines47
Line ruling present in Colours object (5) (RulingMaterials object (1) )
Rubrication
Writing above top line?False
Sample page layout:

Hand(s)

Level of Execution:Execution object (4)
ScriptScript object (1)
Folio rangeFrom 1ra to 64ra
Date?1350 to 1399
Scribe description:A regular Italian textualis of the late 14th c., whose traits include: two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow); 'h' with limb resting on baseline; both tall, round and trailing 's' all found in final position; 'u' in initial position; angular 3-shaped 'z'; abbreviations including uncrossed tironian 'et' and 'd(e)'.
Notes

Provenance

Description15th-c. Gonzaga binding with 'i più tipici emblemi della famiglia, in particolare dell'età del marchese Ludovico' (Delcorno Branca 1998b, 390).
Date?1400 to 1499
PlacePlace object (142)
OwnershipPerson object (95)