| Folios | 164 backend papers |
| Folio notes: | Folio 19 was added to the final quire of the thirteenth-century part of the manuscript, probably to provide an appropriate close to the Thebes-section of the 'Histoire ancienne'. The verso side has been left blank. The last four folios have been ruled but not written. |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | ?1350 to 1400 |
| Date notes | Based on the hand. Double-compartment 'a' with closed upper compartment, box 'a'. Round 's' in final position. |
| Place(s) of production | No specific linguistic characteristics. On f. 19r the scripta of the exemplar 'ke' has been preserved. In the rest of the copy, the scribe writes 'que'. |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 20ra] Chi commenche la uraie ysto / re de la cite de troye / P eleus ot .i. frere qui ot / a non enison chil enison ot / .i. fil moult preu (et) m(ou)lt har / di (et) vaillant sur toute / creature . Cil fu no(m)mes iason Cil iaso(n) / |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 34ra] en franchise Car par eux naroye(n)t / |
| Incipit | [f. 19ra] tost arse . ains mistrent m(ou)lt les g(ra)ns tours / (et) les g(ra)ns sales afondre li dus fist pre(n)dre / la roine et ses .ii. filles . (et) autres prisons / si les ensist mener en sa co(n)tree pour sa / uolente faire (et) lor (et) largent de la cite (et) lauoir do(n)na ases ho(m)mes . ke gra(n)t doleur / |
| Explicit | [f. 34vb] scure . Par ceste maniere die(n)t / li pluseur que troye fu perie et / destruite (et) que anthenor et E / neas le consentirent pource q(ui)l / furent deliure Ensi ne le conte / mie Daires la qui ystoire vous / aues oye // |
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Medium quality vellum, in good condition. Folio 23 is stained, folio 24 damaged in the lower margin, but resewn. |
| Collation: | 112-38 43 |
| Quire structure: | Folio 19 has been sewn in with the final quire of the thirteenth-century part of the manuscript. The text is copied onto two quaternions, the final leaf of which is ruled but unwritten. Additionally, a quire of three folios, consisting of a bifolium with a singleton in the middle, has been added at the end of the manuscript. These folios have also been ruled but otherwise left blank. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (20) |
| General description: | The Troie section starts f. 20ra. |
| General illustration: | na |
| General decoration: | The Troie-section opens with a gilt champ initial 'D', on a red field with white flourishings. The eye of the letter is filled with blue, also decorated with white flourishings. The style of the decorated letter may point towards a later date in the fourteenth century. The text is otherwise structured by means of rubricated headings, followed by plain initials (height: 2 lines) alternating between red and blue. At the beginning of a clause, majuscule letters have been dotted with yellow ink. Other decorative elements include line-filling devices in red or blue ink and paragraph signs marking text-overflow. |
| Evidence of readership: | na |
| Foliations description: | Modern foliation in arabic numerals in the upper right corner of the recto. |
| Description 1 | na |
| Page sampled | f. 20r |
| Layout | None |
| Page dimensions | 272x185 (mm) |
| Justification | 232x150 (mm) |
| Columns | 210mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 45Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Red ink has been used for plain initials, rubricated headings, line-filling devices and paragraph signs. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (4) |
| Folio range | From f. 19ra to f. 34vb |
| Date | ?1350 to 1400 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with double-compartment 'a', box-'a'. Ascenders of 'b' 'l' 'h' forked. The letter 'e' is not tongued. The limb of 'h' descends below the baseline. Use of 'i'-longa in numerals. Round 's' in final position. The vertical stroke of 't' extends above the headstroke which, in final position, ends in a horizontal hairline. Use of 'v' in initial position. Diacritic on 'y'. Abbreviations include crossed tironian note, 'p' with crossed descender, nasal mark, apostrophe. Many examples of biting involving round letters and vowels, e.g.: 'or', 'ba', 'pa', 'be'. |
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