General
| Library: | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek |
| Sheflmark: | S 526 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (2) Segmentation: InformationSource object (6) |
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Bindings
| Description: | Sixteenth-century, white, leather binding on wooden plates. 9 cords. Blind-tooled with stamps and geometrical motifs. One metal boss (of five) extant, centered on the front plate. Two metal clasps (restored). The binding was repaired in 1967 and restored in 1974, when the original binding was recovered in brown leather, exposing the extant portions of the original cover (Fischer 1992, 27-28). |
| Date : | ?1500 to 1600 |
| Title on binding: | |
| Cover material: | Material object (2) |
| Board material: | Material object (3) |
| Fastening: | Two metal clasps. |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers : | Two modern flyleaves (I, II) at the front. |
| End papers : | Modern flyleaves at the end. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | |
Bibliography
| Reference | ': Répertoire des textes et des manuscrits médiévaux d'oc et d'oïl', (IRHT, 1998-2013) <http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | 'Arthurian Fiction in Medieval Europe: Narratives and Manuscripts', (2012) <http://www.arthurianfiction.org> |
| Notes | |
| Reference | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , Gothic Manuscripts 1260-1320 (London: Harvey Miller, 2013) |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Kodikologische Beschreibung', in Lancelot en prose. Farbmikrofiche - Edition der Handschrift Bonn, Universitätsbibliothek, Handschrift S 526 (München: Edition Helga Lengenfelder, 1992), pp. 26-30. |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Literarhistorische Einführung', in Lancelot en prose. Farbmikrofiche - Edition der Handschrift Bonn, Universitätsbibliothek, Handschrift S 526 (München: Edition Helga Lengenfelder, 1992), pp. 7-25. |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Les manuscrits du Lancelot en prose (deuxième article)', Romania, 84 (1963), 28-60 |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| li romans de lancelot (colophon, f. 477vc) | 28-8-1286 | Amiens, Saint-Omer |
Related MS
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 110: |
Similar version of project text(s)These two MSS are closely related in their version of 'Lancelot' segments, and particularly that of the 'Journey to Sorelois'. After the non-cyclic introduction (I-II,9), the text is in the short cyclic version (II,10-VIII) and continues with the long cyclic version (IX-XXXV). |
| Bonn, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, S 526: |
MS Part Library: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
General
| Shelfmark: | S 526 |
| MS Part Title: | li romans de lancelot (colophon, f. 477vc) |
| Ms Part Folios: | 477 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
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| Condition: |
Date Information
| Date(s): | 28-8-1286 |
| Notes: | Date of completion in the colophon (f. 477vb) 'En lan del incarna / tion .m.cc.iiiixx.vi. el mois daoust / leiour deuant le s(aint) iehan decolase'. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 477vb |
| Date(s): | 1286 |
| Scribe description: | Meticulous, and consistent Gothic bookhand (Fischer 1992, 26). In the colophon (f. 477, the scribeis identified as 'Arnulfus de Kayo [...] qui est ambianis'. Rounded Northern textualis, with two-compartment 'a', both open and closed (double lobe 'a') of the upper compartment, forked and clubbed ascenders, uncial 'd', 'e' without tongue, 'g' with looped lower lobe, limb of 'h' slightly curves to the left below the baseline, diacritic on 'i' not limited to sequences of minims, mainly straight 's' in final position, but also round 's' and trailing 's' at the end of the line, vertical stroke of 't' barely ascends above the headstroke, ', 'v' occurs in initial position, dotted 'y'. Fusion of 'o' and round 'r'. Relatively low degree of abbreviation, including crossed tironian 'et', 'con' and 'us' abbreviation, nasal bar, apostrophe, superscript vowels ('a', 'i'). Ligature: 'st'. Word-separation unmarked. Punctuation: punctus and punctus elevatus. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 477vc
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f. 1ra - f. 59vc
(§00-00) Estoire del saint Graal (N/A)
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f. 60ra - f. 82ra
(§00-00) Estoire Merlin (N/A)
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f. 82ra - f. 170ra
(§00-00) Suite du Merlin (N/A)
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f. 171ra - f. 259rb
(§Ia-LXXIa) Lancelot's childhood and adolescence to his installation as a knight of the Round Table (Single redaction)
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f. 259rb - f. 00
(§I-II,9) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (non-cyclic version)
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00 - 00
(§II,10-VIII) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (short cyclic version)
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00 - 296rc
(§IX-XXXV) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (long cyclic version)
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296rc - 00
(§XXXVI-XLII) Conte de la Charette (beta)
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00 - f. 334vc
(§XLIII-LXIX) Suites de la Charette (short cyclic version)
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f. 335ra - f. 405vb
(§LXX-CVIII) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (short cyclic version)
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f. 406ra - f. 443rc
(§00-00) Queste del saint Graal (N/A)
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f. 443va - f. 477vb
(§00-00) Mort le roi Artu (N/A)
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