Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 22986
Part 1
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General information
| Folios | 1431 backend papers |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | ?1450 to 1500 |
| Date notes | Jung 1996, 349. This is supported by the script (open 'v') and the fact that the text has been copied above top line which becomes more common again towards the end of the century. |
| Place(s) of production | France?, {unspecified}June (1996), p. 356 attributes to France. |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 2ra] et que il verroyent ou trouueroie(n)t / |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 143ra] son nom lors se herbergerent tout / |
| Incipit | [f. 1ra] [stain on titulus] [I]chi commenche li / liure dorose en / franchois cellui / fist ce liure en / latin lan nostre seg(neur) / quattre cens et deulx ou enuiro(n) / et [....]oz saint augustin / et [...] jeromme et fu moult / ame[...] ce deulx et a?r? il / estoit grant clerc et fu prestes / [...]ez despaingne / [Q] uant dieu ot fait le ciel la terre les eaues / douces et sallees / le soleil la lune et / les estoilles Et il ot / ch(acu)n co(m)mande selon / son ordre que le soleil luisist et / enluminast par sa grant clarete / tout le monde le lune et les / estoilles rendeissent clairette / a la nuit qui estoit tenebreuse / et noire [...] |
| Explicit | [f.143vb] [...] et po(ur) auoir compaignie / et aide se mestrer en a?u?oreux mes / la compaignie se prouua mal / en la fin car romulus doubtoit / que ilz neussent sur eulx la / seignourye / |
Material
| Material: | Material object (1) |
| Watermark: | No clear examples of the watermark have been located in the manuscript, possibly because of multiple folding of the sheet. |
| Condition: | This part of the manuscript is generally in good condition. The edges of the final quires of the 'Epistre d'Othea' have been damaged by damp. |
Structure
| Collation: | 1-916 |
| Quire structure: | This part of the manuscript consists of regular quires of sixteen folios (sheet folded four times). |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (12) |
Physical description
| General description: | Genesis: f. 1r to 72ra (no indication) Orient I: 72ra-75ra Thebes: 75ra-97ra Greeks and Amazons: 97ra-100va Troy: 100va-120vb Eneas: 120vb-141rb RomeI: f. 141rb-143vb |
| General illustration: | Space has been left for illustrations. |
| General decoration: | Space has been left for initials. Up to f. 55 rubricated tituli have been added, afterwards space has been left but rubrics have not been completed. Space left for miniatures f. 1ra: 18 lines (genesis) f. 9vb: 11 lines (tower of babel) f. 15va:12 lines (how ninus defeated the giant of Babylon) f. 32va: 14 lines (comment melchisedeth vint alencontre de abreham) f. 25ra: 15 lines (comment le fe(m)me de loth fu muit / en pierre samblant a sel) f. 29vb: 14 lines (the offering of isaac) f. 39va: 15 lines (jacob) f. 45va:10 lines (jacob and esau) f. 46va: 14 lines (jacob) f. 51rb: 13 lines: (selling of Joseph) f. 62ra: 13 lines: (return of joseph) f. 67vb: 14 lines:(return of joseph) f. 75vb: 12 lines (Edipus and the king) f. 80ra: 15 lines (Polyneikes) f. 90ra: 16 lines (before: ?.?e men yrai alenffant fait la demoiselle au roi quil / jay laissiet gesa....) f. 91va: 15 lines: tant vint nouuelles au roi adrastus que ceulx de thebes venoient ... f. 92vb: 13 lines: En la cite de rgebes ot une thigre f. 96va: 13 lines: quant le duc dathenes entendi ces parolles par ses messages f. 104r: half-page miniature quant vint au vespres la roine rala au te(m)ple a grant compaignie et a grant feste paris fist tous ses cheualliers arnes et apparillier f. 107v: half-page miniature ainsy comme vous oez venoient les nefz et aprochoient durement de troye et ceulx de la cite qui bien sauoient f. 118vb-f119r: half-page miniature: quant ce fu fait pollidanas sen repaira arriere ey compta aux traitres f. 127rb: Dido and Eneas f. 128rb: Quant ilz furent reuenus / de le tombe anchises le fu / prinst en leur nefz qui / toutes fuissent arssis f. 135r: half-page miniature Eneas sen alloit par la / bataille [...] Turnus f. 140va: tantost comme eneas oy parler turnus il ne fist nulle demouranche |
| Evidence of readership: | f. 1r: old shelfmark 'Navarre 30' Added titles: f. 5r: Cy commence de noe deuxme eage f 49v: Joseph f. 73v: Cy commence listoire de troye lagrant (but this is not Troy, mention of Dardanus) |
| Foliations description: | Contemporary foliation in roman numerals in the upper right corner of the recto. Although the 'Epistre d'Othea' in the same manuscript has been written by the same scribe and has similar features (initials and tituli have not been executed), the contemporary foliation (starting at 'I' for the text of Christine de Pisan after f. VII(XX)III of the 'Histoire ancienne' which has its own flyleaf) may suggest that this is a different MSPart produced by the same professional. The flyleaf of the 'Histoire ancienne' has been foliated '144' by a modern hand, in arabic numerals. This foliation continues through to end of the manuscript. 'Epistre d'Othea' f. 1 = f. 145. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | |
| Page sampled | f. 6r |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 276x195 (mm) |
| Justification | 200x140 (mm) |
| Columns | 216mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 44 |
| Rubrication | Red ink is used for tituli up to f. 55. |
| Writing above top line? | True |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (9) |
| Folio range | From f. 1ra to f. 143vb |
| Date | ?1450 to 1500 |
| Scribe description: | Northern cursiva with looped 'd', open 'v', 't' with long shaft. Litterae elongatae with masks (f. 47r) |
| Notes | The same scribe has copied the second part of the manuscript |