Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 168
Ci est li livres dou comen / cement dou monde et come(n)t / nostre sires fist adam et eve
General information
| Folios | 1752 frontend papers1 backend papers |
| Folio notes: | There are missing folios after 79 and 109 at the beginning of sections; this may result from the removal of larger scale miniatures. |
| Language | Language object (48) |
| Approx. date | ?1375 to 1385 |
| Date notes | |
| Place(s) of production | BolognaOltrogge (1989) draws comparisons with three other manuscripts produced at the workshop of Stefano degli Azii in Bologna: *Bodl. Can. Class. Lat. 257 (1383) *Perugia B 25 *Bologna, archivio di stato, cod. min. 22 (1382) BnF fr. 168 was probably produced in the same workshop, c.1375-85 |
| First words of second recto folio | ni troubla onques nulle crea / ture |
| First words of last recto folio | ??ple que la po cite des?? |
| Incipit | Quant dieu / ot fet le ciel / et la terre et / les |
| Explicit | |
Related MS
| RelationshipType object (12) | Manuscript object (67) |
| RelationshipType object (13) | Manuscript object (47) |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
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| Condition: | |
Structure
| Collation: | 1-38 48-1 5-108 118-1 12-138 148-1 15-228 238-6 |
| Quire structure: | Manuscript comprised of 23 quaternions with several lacunae, as indicated above. |
| Quire marks: | |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (4) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | Oltrogge (1989) states that the illustration is by a single artist |
| General decoration: | |
| Evidence of readership: | |
| Foliations description: | Modern foliations in arabic numerals |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | |
| Page sampled | |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 345x240 (mm) |
| Justification | 227x162 (mm) |
| Columns | 220mm between columns |
| Lines | 41 |
| Rubrication | Rubrication for chapters present throughout. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
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Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (3) |
| Script | Script object (13) |
| Folio range | From to |
| Date | ?1375 to 85 |
| Scribe description: | Oltrogge (1989, 276) describes the script as littera Bononensis |
| Notes | |