General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 1466 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown leather binding on pasteboard. Decorative frame goldtooled on the front and back. Spine damaged at the top. Monogram 'PL', crowned, at the bottom of the spine. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | [none] |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (3): | Three paper guardleaves at the front. Old shelfmark 'H. 21' on the recto of the third guardleaf. |
| End papers (2): | Two paper guardleaves at the back. |
Bibliography
| Reference | , 'Les manuscrits du Lancelot en prose (premier article)', Romania, 81 (1960), 145-87 |
| Notes | p. 175 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1250 to 1300 | Northern France |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 1466 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 104 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Lower quality vellum with holes disturbing the written space (e.g. ff. 43, 44, 49, 93). The manuscript has been affected by damp at the edges, especially the first and last folios. The last folio has been damaged at the outer top corner, causing loss of text. Some stains. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1250 to 1300 |
| Notes: | Based on the script and layout. Micha 1960, p. 175 has end of the thirteenth century. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 12vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1250 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Small littera textualis, with double compartment 'a' the upper compartment of which is open. Predominantly straight 's' in final position, some occurences of round 's' and trailing 's'. This hand is marked by the ascenders of 'd' horizontally protruding into the margin in initial position. Word separation is marked with dashes. Litterae elongatae at the bottom line of the justification. |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 13ra to f. 92vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1250 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | The change in hand corresponds to a change in layout. Written more upright, no decorative litterae elongatae nor indication of word-separation. Written above top line, which might actually indicate an earlier date for this hand. |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 93ra to f. 104rb |
| Date(s): | c. 1250 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Again the change in hand corresponds to a (minor) change in layout. Word-separation is indicated with dashes. The 'i' is more prominently marked with a diacritic. Written above top line. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 104vb
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f. 1ra - f. 58va
(§na-XXIV,34) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (long cyclic version)
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f. 58va - f. 76ra
(§XXIV,35-XXXV) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (short cyclic version)
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f. 76ra - f. 104vb
(§XXXVI-na) Conte de la Charette (beta beta)
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (2) f. 76ra
- ParatextualType object (10) f. 104rb
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