General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 24394 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (2) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Modern, brown sheepskin binding on pasteboard. Decorative frame gold-tooled on the front and back. Title tooled on the spine. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | Robert de Boron - Roman du Saint Graal |
| Cover material: | Material object (10) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (3): | Three paper flyleaves at the front. |
| End papers (3): | Three paper flyleaves at the back. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Black and White |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | ff. 1-144 |
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Black and White |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | ff. 145-287 |
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 1285 | Saint-Omer |
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 24394 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 288 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Fair quality vellum, some irregularies (e.g. ff. 34, 59, 63, 150, 225) and holes (e.g. ff. 75, 132, 134, 236, 257) in the writing space. Generally in good condition. The first and last folios are heavily worn which may suggest that the quires were kept without proper binding for some time. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1275 to 1285 |
| Notes: | Date suggested by the Lancelot-Graal project. Arthurian Fiction has 1280-1290. Jonas gives c. 1285. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 288vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1275 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Slightly fractured Northern textualis with two-compartment 'a' the upper compartment of which is closed, ascenders of 'b', 'h', 'l' and 'k' are clubbed or forked, 'e' with tongue, 'i'-longae used in initial position, the limb of 'h' descends remarkably far below the baseline and curves to the left, straight 's' in final position, little or no use of 'v'. Fusion of 'o' and round 'r', of 'd' and 'e'. Abbreviations include nasal mark, also used for (q)ue, apostrophe, 'p' with crossed descender, superscript vowels, 'com-' and '-us' abbreviation, 'et' is written in full. No indication of word-separation. Punctuation is limited to punctus. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 287vb
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f. 1ra - f. 107rb
(§00-00) Estoire del saint Graal (N/A)
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f. 108ra - f. 141va
(§00-00) Estoire Merlin (N/A)
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f. 141va - f. 287vb
(§00-00) Suite du Merlin (N/A)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
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