General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 24365 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: None |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Beige leather binding on wooden boards. On the front and back is gold-tooled the arms of St-Victor ('Ex Biblioth. Sancti. Victoris . Paris.' |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | none |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (3) |
| Fastening: | none |
| Chaining: | none |
| Edges: | na |
| Front end papers (3): | One paper flyleaf at the front. A piece of parchment (folded in the middle) constitutes two additional flyleaves. According to BnF archives et manuscrits this flyleaf is a granting of a benefice by Pierre Avogadri, bishop of Sisteron in the South of France. On the verso of the final flyleaf are the ancient shelfmark 'tabulatus C.C.C. 14' and '?8?94' and a 15th c. note in latin concerning the contents of the manuscript 'Romantianum in gallico <+rithmice> ditu(m) de gestis alexandri / magni et eius morte a folio .i. usq(ue) ad folium 123 / Aliud romancianu(m) in gallico su?..? et rithmice (com)po(si)to / in quo habetur de quibusd(am) gestis alexandri Et q(uo) ?..? / aliorum a folio 123 vsq(ue) ad foliu(m) 187 A pource de bon seigne(ur) E quant vint ala ioster C 187 |
| End papers (3): | Three paper flyleaves at the end of the manuscript. The first two have not been separated at the top. |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [part 1] | c. 1320 | Paris | none |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 24365 |
| MS Part Title: | [part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 188 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Medium to lower quality parchment with many holes (f. 18, f. 23, f. 25, f. 31, f. 52, f. 58, f. 76, f. 77, f. 84, f. 122, f. 136 etc.), stitches (f. 12, f. 24, f. 25, f. 31, f. 43, f. 47, f. 52, f. 53, f. 58, f. 60, f. 61, etc.) and instances in which the edges of skin and leaf coincide (f. 26, f. 37, f. 39, f. 41, f. 51, f. 63, etc.). The manuscript is generally in good condition. The final page has been smeared with a (chemical) substance, presumably to render it better legible. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1320 |
| Notes: | Harf-Lancner 211 'first quarter of the 14th century). Based on the illustration (according to F. Avril 'Fauvel Master' and 'Sub-Fauvel Master') a dating c. 1320 to 1325 seems justified. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 187vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1320 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with two-compartment 'a' the upper compartment of which is closed (double-bow 'a'). Limb of 'h' curls beneath the baseline. Round 's' in final position. Use of 'v' in initial position. Abbreviations include nasal bar, s-like apostrophe, 'p' with crossed descender, 'com'-abbreviation, crossed tironian 'et'. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 187vb