General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 19162 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (2) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown morocco binding. Gold-tooled on the front and back arms (two stars, chevron, bull). Monogram on the spine 'M' 'S' superimposed. |
| Date : | ?1700 to 1800 |
| Title on binding: | Merlin M. GR |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | none |
| Chaining: | none |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (5): | Four paper guardleaves at the front. The first folio of vellum is pasted to a fifth paper flyleaf. On the fourth flyleaf recto: 'St. Germain 1245'. |
| End papers (3): | Three paper guardleaves at the back. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Black and White |
| 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 | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , Gothic Manuscripts 1260-1320 (London: Harvey Miller, 2013) |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1275 to 1300 |
Related MS
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 19162: |
from the same atelierStones 2013, 69 (correct shelfmark: BnF f.fr. 24394, not 24295) lists these MSS as products from a Saint-Omer workshop. The segmentation (explicits) and illustration of these manuscripts is very similar. |
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 24394: |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 19162 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 372 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Good quality vellum with few holes (e.g. ff. 2, 102, 154, 155, 163, 284, 291, 292, 308, 349, 354, f. 368) and stitches (e.g. ff. 45, 117, 177, 190, 191, 252, 286, 298, f340). In a number of instances the edge of the skin (partially) coincides with the edge of the sheet (e.g. ff. 40, 46, 57, 113, 137, 138, 139, 180, 181, 194, 314, 359). The first and last pages (especially the final folio) are worn. Some of the illustration/decoration is smeared. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1275 to 1300 |
| Notes: | The Lancelot-Graal Project suggests c. 1275 to 1285. Arthurian Fiction has 1280-1290. Jonas gives c. 1285. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 372vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Slightly fractured Northern textualis with two-compartment 'a' the upper lobe of which is closed (double-bow 'a'). In general round 's' in final position, although occasionally straight 's' in this position also. A marked 'e' with tongue, descender of 'p' curves to the right, headstroke of 't' curves downwards at the end in final position, 'v' used in initial position. Abbreviations include nasal bar, apostrophe, superscript vowels, 'p' with bar through descender 'com'- and -'us' abbreviations, 'et' is generally written in full by the first hand, later also occurences of crossed tironian 'et', which may point towards another hand. 'st'-ligature. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 372vb
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f. 1ra - f. 144vb
(§00-00) Estoire del saint Graal (N/A)
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f. 145ra - f. 188ra
(§00-00) Estoire Merlin (N/A)
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f. 188ra - f. 372va
(§00-00) Suite du Merlin (N/A)
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f. 372vb - f. 372vb
(§00-00) Estoire del saint Graal (N/A)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
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