General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 789 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: None |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown sheepskin binding. Floral moti border gold-tooled on the front and back. 'N' crowned tooled on the back. |
| Date : | c. 1804 to 1815 |
| Title on binding: | Roman d'Alex. / R. de Judas Machabée |
| Cover material: | Material object (10) |
| Board material: | Material object (3) |
| Fastening: | none |
| Chaining: | none |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (5): | Five paper flyleaves at the front of the manuscript. |
| End papers (4): | Four paper flyleaves at the back of the manuscript. |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1300 | Tournai | none |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 789 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 218 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Good quality vellum with some holes (e.g. f. 159, f. 171, f. 180, f. 189), many stitches (e.g. f. 19, f. 42, f. 66, f. 80, f. 95, f. 118, f. 120, f. 127, f. 129, f. 152, f. 160, f. 166, f. 171, f. 189, f. 191, f. 193, f. 199) irregularities and some instances of the edges of the skin and leaf coinciding (e.g. f. 127, f. 171, f. 193, f. 207, f. 214). Generally in good condition. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Notes: | The colophon mentions '1280' colophon (f. 218) 'M il (et) .cc. (et) quatre vins / D e ce me faige drois deuins / F u lors p(ar)troues cis romans / T esmoi(n)s les eskeuins dormans'; the writing suggests a slightly later date at the end of the thirteenth, beginning of the fourteenth century. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 8vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Scribe description: | This hand has two-compartment 'a' with closed upper compartment and round 's' in final position. |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 9ra to f. 90v |
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Scribe description: | This hand has two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment, straight 's' in final position. |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 90v to f. 103r |
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Scribe description: | This hand has two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment, straight 's' in final position but occasionally also round 's', a curling hairline at the end of the limb of 'h' and 'n' curving beneath the baseline in final position. |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 105r to f. 218rb |
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Scribe description: | This hand has two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment, predominantly round 's' in final position and exclusively round 's' at the end of the verseline. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 218rb