London, British Library, Additional 23929
[Part 1]
General information
| Folios | 64 |
| Language | Language 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 production | Northern 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 1 | Ruling of columns sometimes visible. |
| Page sampled | f. 22r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 335x236 (mm) |
| Justification | 154x213 (mm) |
| Columns | 220mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (5) (RulingMaterials object (1) ) |
| Lines | 47Line 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) |
| Script | Script object (1) |
| Folio range | From 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
| Description | 15th-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 | |
| Place | Place object (142) | |
| Ownership | Person object (95) | |