General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 342 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (6) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Red morocco binding with the royal arms of France gold-tooled on the front and back. Fleurs de lys tooled on the spine. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | Histoire du roi Artus |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | Material object (3) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (2): | One paper and one vellum guardleaf at the front. |
| End papers (3): | Two vellum guardleaves and one paper flyleaf at the end. |
Bibliography
| Reference | , 'Les manuscrits du Lancelot en prose (premier article)', Romania, 81 (1960), 145-87 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | 'British Library Online Catalogue', (2014) <http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/> [accessed 11 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 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Lanselot] (title in colophon) | 1274 | Douai |
Related MS
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 342 |
| MS Part Title: | [Lanselot] (title in colophon) |
| Ms Part Folios: | 235 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Generally in good condition; good quality vellum with some stitches (f. 32, 49, f. 114) and holes (f. 46, f. 47, f. 91, f. 113, f. 114, f. 180). |
Date Information
| Date(s): | 1274 |
| Notes: | Dated in the colophon. Completed on the Saturday after the octaves of the Trinity (i.e. 2 June) in 1274 . |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 235va |
| Date(s): | 1274 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis rotundus with double compartment 'a' the upper compartment of which is occasionally open, but usually closed, straight 's' in final position, some instances of round 's' in final position. Use of trailing 's' at the end of the line. Use of 'v' in initial position. Abbreviations include crossed tironian note. Sparse use of other abbreviated forms (superscript vowels, nasal bar, apostrophe). |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 235va
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1ra - 58va
(§CV,29-CVIII) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (long cyclic version)
Includes:
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (1) f. 1ra
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f. 58va - f. 150ra
(§na-na) Queste del saint Graal (N/A)
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (1) f. 58v
- ParatextualType object (7) f. 149vb
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f. 150ra - f. 235va
(§na-na) Mort le roi Artu (N/A)
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (1) f. 150ra
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