General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 16998 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Simple binding on five cords. Front and back plates of brown marbled pasteboard. Spine in red leather, gold-tooled with the imperial monogram. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | Lancelot / Du Lac |
| Cover material: | Material object (9) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (2): | Two paper guardleaves at the front of the MS. |
| End papers (2): | Two paper guardleaves at the end of the MS. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Full |
| Notes | |
Bibliography
| Reference | ': Répertoire des textes et des manuscrits médiévaux d'oc et d'oïl', (IRHT, 1998-2013) <http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | 'Arthurian Fiction in Medieval Europe: Narratives and Manuscripts', (2012) <http://www.arthurianfiction.org> |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , Manuscrits enluminés d'origine italienne: tome 2: XIIIe siècle (Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1984) |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Les manuscrits du Lancelot en prose (premier article)', Romania, 81 (1960), 145-87 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Étude de la décoration filigranée et reconstitution des ateliers: le cas de Gênes à la fin du XIIIe siècle', Arte medievale, 2 (1988), 1, 121-52 |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cestui liure parole de / monseignor lanc(elot) dou / lac com(en)t il deliure monsei / gnor Gauuain de la dolouro / se tor des mai(n)s kar[e]dos le g(ra)nt | c. 1290 to 1300 | Genoa |
Related MS
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 16998 |
| MS Part Title: | Cestui liure parole de / monseignor lanc(elot) dou / lac com(en)t il deliure monsei / gnor Gauuain de la dolouro / se tor des mai(n)s kar[e]dos le g(ra)nt |
| Ms Part Folios: | 94 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Medium to lower quality vellum, with holes, also in the written space, e.g. ff. 28. The MS makes a worn impression, with holes (f. 1), damaged edges (e.g ff. 2-5, 13, 22, 26, upper corner torn) and stains (ff. 39, 40). The lower border of f. 82 has been cut. Lower and outer border of f. 88 cut. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1290 to 1300 |
| Notes: | Date suggested by the Lancelot-Graal project. Confirmed by Jonas and Arthurian Fiction. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 94vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1290 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Rounded Southern hand with double-compartment 'a', the upper compartment of which is open, 'e' with tongue in final position, 8-like 'g', 'h' with rounded limb, ending on the baseline, 'i' with diacritic, not limited to sequence of minims, round 's' in final position, trailing 's' at the end of the line, 3-like 'z'. Abbreviations include apostrophe, short nasal bar, uncrossed tironian 'et'. Fusion of 'o' and round 'r', 'b' and round 'r', 'd' and round 'r', 'co', 'po'. 'st' ligature. Word-separation marked by dash. Punctus. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 94vb
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f. 1ra - f. 15ra
(§XXVI,41-XXXV) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (short cyclic version)
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (18) f. 2r
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f. 15ra - f. 55vb
(§XXXVI-XLII) Conte de la Charette (beta beta)
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f. 55vb - f. 94v
(§XLIII-LV,1) Suites de la Charette (long cyclic version)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
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