Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 747
Part of set: BnF, fr. 747 and 751
According to A. Stones these manuscripts were produced by the same group of book professionals and could belong to the same copy.
General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 747 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown morocco binding. The eagle of the Empire gold-tooled on the front and back. Decoration gold-tooled on the spine. 'N' crowned. |
| Date : | c. 1800 |
| Title on binding: | Roman de Lancelot / Vol. II |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | none |
| Chaining: | none |
| Edges: | N/A |
| Front end papers (4): | Three paper and one vellum flyleaves at the front. On the second flyleaf (recto) in modern hand: 'Le Roman du Saint Graal, et celui de Merlin'. On the third flyleaf (verso) in modern hand: 'faroche (farouche) fo 49 vo'. On the vellum flyleaf top (littera cursiva): 'Histoire fabuleuse de Mellin & aidant du Roy / Artur ?(& de ses?) chevaliers de la table ronde'. Note in modern hand. |
| End papers (4): | One vellum and three paper flyleaves at the back. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Full |
| Notes | |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | ?1230 to 1250 | Northern France |
Related MS
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 747 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 229 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Medium to lower quality parchment, with some holes (ff. 34, 47, 52, 69, 119, 164, 190), many stitches (ff. 18, 45, 50, 55, 58, 60, 69, 71, 81, 94, 95, 96, 125, 132, 141, 154, 172, 186, 187, 200, 204, 209) and some irregularities (ff. 27, 45). In a number of instances the edges of the skin coincide with the edges of the sheet (ff. 8, 61, 62, 65, 67, 82, 83, 105, 133, 147, 148, 157, 208, 226). First pages (ff. 1-5), ff. 86, 120 are severely damaged, causing loss of text in the outer columns of the folio. On many pages the lower outer corners are torn (ff. 11, 33, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 212, and onwards). |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1230 to 1250 |
| Notes: | Date suggested by the Lancelot-Graal project. Supported by the script (writing only below top line, two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment, straight 's' in all positions except at the end of the line, occasional use of round 's', 'u' in all positions). |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1r to f. 229rb |
| Date(s): | c. 1250 |
| Scribe description: | Multiple hands. One distinctly ff. 1ra-8vb. The writing of this hand is smaller than that in the rest of the manuscript. This hand also copies the 'Suite' for the portion ff. 103ra-188va. Possibly other hand(s) interfering in the final portion of the copy (ff. 207ra-207vb; 211ra-211vb; 220rb-220va). These are composite folios; the outer part has been pasted onto the inner part. In these instances the initials have not been executed. The hands share a number of characteristics: two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment, straight 's' in final position, use of 'u' in all positions. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 229rb
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1r - 77r
(§00-00) Estoire del saint Graal (N/A)
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77r - 102v
(§00-00) Estoire Merlin (N/A)
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103r - 229r
(§00-00) Suite du Merlin (N/A)
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