General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 771 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown, leather binding, undecorated. Spine (green) decorated with floral motif. |
| Date : | ?1700 to 1800 |
| Title on binding: | Les Avan / Des Graa / M.S. |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers : | |
| End papers : |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Black and White |
| Completeness | Full |
| Notes | |
Bibliography
| Reference | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Les manuscrits du Lancelot en prose (premier article)', Romania, 81 (1960), 145-87 |
| Notes | 172 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | ?1230 to 1250 | Northern France |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 771 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 206 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Medium to lower quality vellum with many tears, holes (ff. 79, 121, 122, 130, 134) and stitches (ff. 42, 43, 103 , 123). The lower corner of f. 117 has been torn and a later hand has added missing words. Generally in fairly good condition, some folds, but on the whole well legible. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1230 to 1250 |
| Notes: | Written above top line. Characteristics of the hand(s) in this manuscript confirm a dating c. 1250. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 143vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1250 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis, two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment, 'e' with tongue, diacritic on 'i' in minim groups, straight 's' in final position, vertical stroke of 't' does not extend above the headstroke. Biting of 'de'. Abbreviations include crossed tironian note, 's'-like apostrophe, superscript vowels, nasal bar, 'p' with crossed descender |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 145ra to 198vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1250 |
| Scribe description: | This hand is contemporary to the one in the 'Agravain' but is clearly different. One of the distinguishing features is the absence of a 'tongue' on the 'e'. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 17vb
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18ra - 23vb
(§00-00) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (long cyclic version)
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Folios: f. 34ra - f.39vb
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34ra - 39vb
(§LXX-00) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (long cyclic version)
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Folios: 24ra - 33vb
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24ra - 33vb
(§00-00) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (long cyclic version)
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Folios: f. 18ra - f. 23vb
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18ra - 23vb
(§00-00) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (long cyclic version)
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Folios: f. 40va - f. 206vb
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40va - 142vb
(§00-CVIII) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (long cyclic version)
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145ra - 206rb
(§00-00) Queste del saint Graal (N/A)
Paratextual features:
- None 206v
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