General
| Library: | Bibliothèque Royale |
| Sheflmark: | 10175 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Binding covered with white leather, blind-tooled with lozenge pattern. Two brass clasps and four bolts in the corners. Title in frame on the front cover, tooled in gold on red leather 'Histoire Universelle'. No title on the spine, but current shelfmark written in arabic numerals in black ink. Bound on six chords. Brass reinforcements at the corners. Binding by M.Marchoul. Pasted on the pastedown at the end of the manuscript is the spine of the previous binding (KBR, brown leather, title on the spine: 'Histoire Universelle') |
| Date : | 1979 |
| Title on binding: | Histoire Universelle |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (3) |
| Fastening: | two clasps |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (1): | 1 |
| End papers (1): |
Bibliography
| Reference | The Heard Word. A Moralized History. The Genesis Section of the 'Histoire Ancienne' in a Text from Saint-Jean d'Acre, ed. Coker-Joslin, Mary (University, Miss: Romance Mongraphs, 1986) |
| Notes | |
| Reference | Histoire ancienne jusqu’à César (Estoires Rogier), ed. De Visser-van Terwisga, Marijke, 2 vols (Orléans: Paradigme, 1995-99) |
| Notes | |
| Reference | La Légende de Troie en France au moyen âge (Basel; Tubingen: Francke Verlag, 1996) |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , Die Illustrationszyklen zur 'Histoire ancienne jusqu’à César' (1250-1400) (Frankfurt and New York: Peter Lang, 1989) |
| Notes | pp. 234-8 |
| Reference | L'Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César ou Histoires pour Rogier, châtelain de Lille: l'Histoire de la Macédoine et d'Alexandre le Grand, ed. Gaullier-Bougassas, Catherine (Turnhout: Brepols, 2012) |
| Notes | pp. 46-47 |
| Reference | , Crusader Art in the Holy Land, from the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre 1187-1291 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005) |
| Notes | pp.408-12 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| le liure qui parle/ du commencent du monde iusq(ue)s au temps q(ue) iule cesar se / p(ar)tist de ro(m)me po(ur) co(n)quester fra(n)ce [initial rubric] | c. 1480 | France | |
| Le livre qui parle du commencement du monde | ?1250 to 1275 | Acre |
Related MS
| Dijon, Bibliothèque municipale, 562: |
from the same atelierSee Folda (2005, 419-20) for further on the relations between this MS and Dijon Bibliothèque Municipale 562 and Brussels Bibliothèque Royale 10175. Similar version of project text(s)See Folda (2005, 419-20) for further on the relations between this MS and Dijon Bibliothèque Municipale 562 and Brussels Bibliothèque Royale 10175. Similar programme of illustrationsSee Folda (2005, 419-20) for further on the relations between this MS and Dijon Bibliothèque Municipale 562 and Brussels Bibliothèque Royale 10175. |
| Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, 10175: |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque Royale
General
| Shelfmark: | 10175 |
| MS Part Title: | le liure qui parle/ du commencent du monde iusq(ue)s au temps q(ue) iule cesar se / p(ar)tist de ro(m)me po(ur) co(n)quester fra(n)ce [initial rubric] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 20 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | not applicable |
| Condition: | Good quality vellum in good condition. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1480 |
| Notes: | De Visser - Van Terwisga, 11-12 |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 18vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1400 to 1500 |
| Scribe description: | Fifteenth-century littera cursiva with bastarda features (broad straight 's' and 'f'). 'e' with horn. The lower lobe of 'g' is open. Abbreviations include horizontal stroke for nasal consonants and q(ue), superscript vowels ('i'), superscript 2-like 'r' for 'r'-abbreviations, 'p' with crossed descender, uncrossed tironian 'et' |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 20ra to 20vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1400 to 1500 |
| Scribe description: | Most probably the same scribe who also wrote the table of contents, switching to textualis script for the main text. This type of script concurs with the script type used in the thirteenth-century part of the codex. |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque Royale
General
| Shelfmark: | 10175 |
| MS Part Title: | Le livre qui parle du commencement du monde |
| Ms Part Folios: | None folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Good quality parchment (carta caprina?), some holes in the margins (e.g. f. 36, f. 60 hole in the lower margin; f. 119 hole in the left margin). Damage by humidity in the upper margin as from circa f. 310. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1250 to 1275 |
| Notes: | Oltrogge 1989, 234 |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 21ra to 332vb |
| Date(s): | ?1250 to 1275 |
| Scribe description: | Littera textualis with northern features. Two-compartment 'a' the upper compartment of which is generally closed; exclusive occurence of uncial 'd'; 'e' with pronounced tongue; lower lobe of 'g' is closed and descends below the baseline; 'i' is marked only if confusion is possible; round 's' in final position; exclusive use of 'u' also for 'v'; diacritic on 'y'. Relatively few abbreviations: 'p' with crossed descender; superscript vowels ('i'); horizontal stroke for nasal consonant and q(ue); crossed titonian 'et' Biting of 'o' and 'p' and round 'r'; 'st'-ligature. Use of punctus. 141v, 146v, 153v correction sign + bottom margin (same hand); 154r, 159r right margin 46v strike-through |
Folios: 1ra - 20vb
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1r - 18v
(§00-00) Table of Contents (N/A)
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Folios: 21ra - 333vb
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20r - 85r
(§1-513) Genesis (Common redaction)
Includes:
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85r - 90r
(§1-22) Orient I (Common redaction)
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90r - 115v
(§23-125) Thebes (Common redaction)
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115v - 121r
(§126-147) Greeks and Amazons (Common redaction)
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121r - 144r
(§1-71) Troy (Common redaction)
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144r - 172r
(§1-57) Eneas (Common redaction)
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172r - 188v
(§00-00) Rome I (Common redaction)
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188v - 207r
(§00-00) Orient II (Common redaction)
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207r - 237v
(§00-00) Alexander (Common redaction)
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237v - 328v
(§00-00) Rome II (Common redaction)
Includes:
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328v - 332v
(§00-00) Conquest of France by Caesar (Common redaction)
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