General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 769 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: None |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown leather binding, decorated with frame of gold flourishings on the back and front. Fleur-de-lys tooled in gold on a red field on the spine, also two C's intertwined crowned. Binding by Lefebvre. Early 19th c? |
| Date : | ?1800 to 1820 |
| Title on binding: | Roman / du / Graal |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | none |
| Chaining: | none |
| Edges: | none |
| Front end papers (2): | Two paper flyleaves |
| End papers (4): | Two vellum flyleaves and two paper flyleaves. |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1340 | Tournai | none |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 769 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 81 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Generally in fair condition. The ink is very light or has faded. Four miniatures have been cut (f. 1ra. f. 3ra, f. 4vb and f. 69ra). Stains on f. 1v-f. 2r, f, 26v-27r, f. 40v. Good quality parchment, although more holes and stitches towards the end of the manuscript (holes: f. 56, f. 67, f. 68 and f. 72; stitches: f. 27, f. 34, f. 59, f. 66, f. 68, f. 75, f. 81). |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1340 |
| Notes: | Stones |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 81vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1300 to 1350 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with double compartment 'a' the upper compartment of which is closed. Exclusive use of round 's' in final position. 't' with distinctive dropping hairline at the end of the horizontal stroke. Use of 'v' in initial position. Abbreviations include nasal bar, apostrophe, superscript vowels, p with bar through descender, com- and -us abbreviation. 'Et' is generally written in full, some crossed tironian notes. Interesting mask decoration attached to litterae notabiliores (f. 12v |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 81vb