General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 341 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: None |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Red morocco binding with the arms of France tooled in gold on the front and the back. |
| Date : | c. 1700 |
| Title on binding: | Lancelot du Lac |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | None |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers : | None |
| End papers : | Three paper flyleafs at the front and three paper flyleafs at the back |
Bibliography
| Reference | , 'Les manuscrits du Lancelot en prose (premier article)', Romania, 81 (1960), 145-87 |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | 1300 to 1400 | England or Northern France | none |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 341 |
| MS Part Title: | 175 |
| Ms Part Folios: | 175 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Medium quality vellum, with stitches (f. 25, f. 30, f. 43, f. 51, f. 94, f. 107, f. 113, f. 134, f. 135, f. 159) and some holes (small, f. 129, f. 143, f. 153, all lower margin, f. 145, f, 162, right margin)but never in the writing space. In fair condition, some damage at the edges of the first and final quire. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | 1300 to 1400 |
| Notes: | Micha 1960, 163; Stones |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 175ra |
| Date(s): | 1300 to 1400 |
| Scribe description: | Very regular Northern textualis (rotundus) with two-compartment box-'a'; exclusive use of uncial 'd'; 8-shaped 'g'; 'i' marked with diacritic hairline, sometimes shaped as a flourish; exclusive use of round 's' in final position; round 'r' after uncial 'd', 'o' and 'p'; 3-shaped 'z' 9 for -'us' abbreviation; horizontal stroke for 'que' and a combination with nasal consonant; superscript letters; crossed Tironian -'et', 'p' with crossed descender (often just a horizontal stroke at the end of the descender 'st'-ligature punctus and punctus elevatus. Peculiar is the use of 3 dots in vertical position (as a question mark?) |
Folios: 1ra - 175ra
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1ra - 133vb
(§Ia-LXXIa) Lancelot's childhood and adolescence to his installation as a knight of the Round Table (Single redaction)
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (2) f. 1ra
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133vb - 175ra
(§I-XIX, 11) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (long cyclic version)
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (2) f. 133vb
- ParatextualType object (10) f. 175ra
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