| Folios | 233 backend papers |
| Folio notes: | The first folio (f. 64) is the final leaf of the final quire of Part 1. The text ends on f. 86va, and ff. 86 bis, 87 and 88 are ruled but blank (apart from annotations). f. 88 was used as a paste-down. |
| Language | Language object (48) |
| Approx. date | ?1375 to 1425 |
| Date notes | 'late XIVth cent.' (Ward 1883, I:357, cf. Delcorno Branca 1998b, 389; cf. Allaire 2002, 17); 'sec. XIVex - XVin' (Cigni 2012, 258). |
| Place(s) of production | Northern Italy, Padua'Italia nord orientale, forse Padova' (Delcorno Branca 1998a, 53; cf. Allaire 2002, 17; Cigni 2012, 258). |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 65ra] deulx deubs . |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 86ra] elle departe celle bataille . |
| Incipit | [f. 64ra] ly moustre . Alon ueoír trista(n) / dit le roy si uerrons come il ly est . / sire uoluntiers dit le scuíer . |
| Explicit | [f. 86va] et se uous ames uostre amour si la gar- / des míeulx aucune fois . Le roy marc / len mercie moult . (et) dit que iamais ne / metra sa fame en telle auenture :- // |
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Very good quality parchment, with creasing half-way down folios. |
| Collation: | 1-210 35 |
| Quire structure: | Two quinternions, followed by a quire of five leaves (the first half of a quinternion?). |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (79) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (9) |
| General illustration: | |
| General decoration: | Space (height: 2 lines) was left for initials at the start of chapters and paragraphs, but these were never added. Guide letters are visible. |
| Evidence of readership: | After the explicit on f. 86va: 'Questo libro ua inanci a / unaltro che comincia / Grant ioie font cil de / leans de la roine iseut / edient ch' uoiremant est / tristan lemieudres ch(eualie)r / de cornouaille'. Sporadic 'nota' marks, e.g. on f. 84va, beside Mark's speech about changing fortunes. |
| Foliations description: | Modern pencil in the upper right corner of recto sides. The foliator skipped f. 86 bis. |
| Description 1 | |
| Page sampled | f. 85r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 338x236 (mm) |
| Justification | 218x154 (mm) |
| Columns | 221mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (5) (RulingMaterials object (1) ) |
| Lines | 44Line ruling present in Colours object (5) (RulingMaterials object (1) ) |
| Rubrication | Chapter headings |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
| Description | 15th-c. Gonzaga binding with 'i più tipici emblemi della famiglia, in particolare dell'età del marchese Ludovico' (Delcorno Branca 1998b, 390). | |
| Date | ?1400 to 1499 | |
| Place | Place object (142) | |
| Ownership | Person object (95) | |