General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 753 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: None |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown leather binding, spine tooled with decorative flourishings. |
| Date : | ?1700 to 1800 |
| Title on binding: | Ancienne / Chevalerie |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | none |
| Chaining: | none |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (7): | The endpapers belong to the same quires as the end of the text and have been ruled. |
| End papers (8): | The endpapers belong to the same quires as the end of the text and have been ruled. |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1460 | {unspecified} | none |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 753 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 405 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (1) |
| Watermark: | Ox head with eyes and nose, above a vertical line with star (X) at the top (between chainline 2 and 3, height, c. 77mmm, width c. 22 mm). Very similar to Briquet n. 14.183. Filigranes, vol. 4, 721 mentions two occurences: Belfort, 1458 and Marbourg, 1459. |
| Condition: | Good conditions. Wormholes in the final flyleaves. F. 277 and 291 torn. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1460 |
| Notes: | based on the watermark. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1r to f. 405r |
| Date(s): | 1400 to 1500 |
| Scribe description: | Cursiva bastarda leaning towards the currens level. Use of capital 'R' in initial position. Abbreviations include nasal bar, tironian note, 'p' with bar through descender. |
Folios: f. 1r - f. 405r
-
f. 1r - f. 405v
(§I,1-LXIa,111) Lancelot's childhood and adolescence to his installation as a knight of the Round Table (Single redaction)
-