Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 196
L'istoire ancieine [...] cum Grex a tresgrant paine et a dollors par traissons eixillierent Troie (rubric)
General information
| Folios | 159 |
| Language | Language object (48) |
| Approx. date | 1323 |
| Date notes | [f. 158va] '[Q]Uant cist líures fu escrít il / corroít lans de la natíuíte do- / u nostre seignor Iesucrist míl- / loísme trecentoísme (et) uíntí troís / endícíons síste.' |
| Place(s) of production | Veneto[f. 158va] 'Et fu escrit en la / cíte de verone por la maín dí píe- / re schach fils au meístre bonaue- / nture scach de verone . li qiel habi- / te en la contree de nostre dame sa- / ínte maríe antíe.' |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 2ra] son neueu qi ne le chasast fors / de sa t(er)re . |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 158ra] ort pardonee de molt bon gre . // |
| Incipit | [f. 1ra] Ici coma(n)ce listoire ancíeíne qi ert toz / iors mes aparissa(n)t Cu(m) grex a tresg(ra)nt / paíne (et) adollors par traissons eixillí- / erent troie por helaíne selonc lauc- / tors de cil quou uít . qi lot escrit / tot issi cu(m) ící oírez par ordre . // SAlemon le tr / es sage nos / enseigne et / amoneste en / son líure qe / len ne doit / son sen ní so(n) / sauoír celer . |
| Explicit | [f. 158va] (et) fu par luí escri- / t en soisante (et) cínc iors seuleme(n)t . // Fíníto líbro sit laus (et) glo(r)ia (christ)o . // Qui scripsít scríbat semper cum / domíno uíuat . // Uíuat ín celís petrus scachus ín / nomíne felíx . Amen Amen am(en) |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | none |
| Condition: | Good quality parchment, though the hair side is rather grainy. Decoration has sometimes rubbed, esp. on f. 1r. |
Structure
| Collation: | 1-198 207 |
| Quire structure: | 19 quaternions and a quaternion whose final leaf is wanting. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (10)MSQuiremarkDisposition object (67)MSQuiremarkDisposition object (68)MSQuiremarkDisposition object (78) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (4) |
Physical description
| No. of illustrations: | 1 |
| General illustration: | A single miniature (height: 16 lines) at the opening of the text on f. 1ra, depicting Solomon (or the author?) writing and in a red robe, against a gold ground. |
| General decoration: | One large illuminated initial (height: 10 lines) at the opening of the text on f. 1ra, in red, pink, blue and gold, extending to form a partial border. Major divisions of the text are marked by large painted initials (height: 10 lines) in orange, red, pink, blue, green, and black, with white filigree, with floral or foliate infill. Between ff. 148rb and 149va, and on f. 155 there are smaller painted initials (height: 5 lines). Each chapter opens with a pen-flourished initial (height: 3 lines) in red or blue, with decoration in the opposing colour, sometimes incorporating faces (e.g. f. 5ra). There are also occasional paraphs, alternating red and blue (e.g. ff. 24v-25r). |
| Evidence of readership: | On f. 159r (ruled but otherwise blank), there is a monogram dated 1493 and reading 'STA SVAV / peysyr noryt'. Similarly, in the lower margin of f. 2r, in the same hand: 'STA SVAV'. |
| Foliations description: | Medieval Roman numerals in black ink in the upper right corner of recto sides, running from 'i' to 'clix'. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | |
| Page sampled | f. 4r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 345x243 (mm) |
| Justification | 252x161 (mm) |
| Columns | 215mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 45Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Chapter headings rubricated. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (1) |
| Folio range | From f. 1ra to f. 158va |
| Date | ?1300 to 1350 |
| Scribe description: | Features of this scripta include two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow), round or trailing 's' in final position, initial 'u', and widespread use of tironian 'et' without a bar. |
| Notes | Copied by Pierre Schach: [f. 328va] 'Et fu escrit en la / cíte de verone por la maín dí píe- / re schach fils au meístre bonaue- / nture scach de verone.' |
Provenance
| Description | According to Hunt & Madan IV, 551 (it is extremely faint today), on f. 158va in a 15th-c. hand: 'Iste liber est michi nobili Johanni de Cucuron locj Mornassij [Mornas?] ... diens, quem pater meus nobilis Honoratus de Cucuron emit et realiter soluit ... possideat in paradiso'. | |
| Date | ?1400 to 1499 | |
| Place | Place object (140) | |