General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 25520 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (2) Segmentation: InformationSource object (2) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | |
| Cover material: | None |
| Board material: | None |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (4): | Three paper and one vellum (?) guardleaves at the front of the MS. The final guardleaf is foliated '1'. |
| End papers (2): | Two paper guardleaves at the end of the MS. |
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 | , 'Aspects of Arthur's Death in Medieval Illumination', in Christopher Baswell and William Sharpe, The Passing of Arthur. New Essays in Arthurian Tradition (New York: Garland, 1988), pp. 52-101 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1400 | ||
| [Part 2] | c. 1225 to 1250 | England |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 25520 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 2 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Good quality. Burn (?) holes in the outer margin. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1400 |
| Notes: | The fractured writing (textualis with two-compartment 'a' with closed upper compartment, type: box 'a', round 's' in final position, many hairlines), together with the decor suggests a date in the 15th c. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 2v to f. 3vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1400 |
| Scribe description: | 15th c. fractured textualis, box 'a', round 's' in final position, many hairlines. |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 25520 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 2] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 173 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Good quality vellum. First folio (f. 4) damaged in the upper margin. Folio 5 damaged in the lower outer margin. Folio 32 damaged in the lower inner corner. Burn (?) holes, ff. 175-176 (cf. f. 1, in the 15th-c. part of the MS). |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1225 to 1250 |
| Notes: | Date suggested by Jonas. Arthurian Fiction gives 1200 to 1250. See also: Stones 1988. The Lancelot-Graal project dates the MS c. 1290 to 1300. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 4ra to f. 176vb |
| Date(s): | None |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis, with two-compartment 'a', the upper compartment of which is open, uncial 'd', 'e' without tongue, mainly straight 's' in final position, but occasionally also round 's', 'v' occurs in initial position, 3-like 'z', Abbreviations include nasal bar. superscript vowels ('o', 'i', 'a' ,'e'), crossed tironian 'et', 'p' with crossed descender, and 'est' abbreviation. Fusion of 'o' and round 'r', 'de'. 'st' ligature. punctus. Word-separation unmarked. |
Folios: f. 2r - f. 3vb
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f. 2v - f. 3vb
(§00-00) Queste del saint Graal (N/A)
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Folios: f. 4ra - f. 176vb
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f. 4ra - f. 90vb
(§00-00) Queste del saint Graal (N/A)
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f. 91ra - f. 176vb
(§00-00) Mort le roi Artu (N/A)
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