Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ashburnham 123

[Part 1]

General information

Folios	132 3 frontend papers 3 backend papers
Folio notes:	Four numberings, an ancient one in Latin numerals and three modern ones in Arab numerals.
Language	Language object (48)
Approx. date	?1275 to 1325
Date notes	Avril-Gousset 1984, 25-27; Cigni 2003 and 2010, Lagomarsini 2014, 63-65. XIV sec., Lathuillère 1966, 42
Place(s) of production	Northern Italy Cigni 2003 and 2010 (Pisa-Genoa); Lagomarsini 2014, pp. 63-65 and 165-169 ("l'esame della lingua permette di escludere la Toscana – ma toscano può essere il modello", p. 169).
First words of second recto folio	[f.2ra] deuos . Siuos t(r)ouai
First words of last recto folio	[f. 132ra] li dragon aparut enmi leu delaplace
Incipit	[f. 1ra] Manes iens desire(n)t / leuei [...] asaveir (et) p [...] /q(ue) nullui nepuet tout / [...] iaset ce q(ue)ias(con)ne chosse soit seue / si (con)uient q(ue) chascun sa /che la [...] chose par /
Explicit	[f. 132vb] [m]essire Gauuain qui bien amoit Kez de g(ra)nt am / or q(ua)nt illeuoit geissir alat(er)re il na g(ra)nt ire (et) dit /  q(u)il ueinera sahonte asonpoír lors relace son hieu / me (et) monte sor soncheual (et) prant son escu (et) song / laíue (et) senuient auferír dez esp(er)onz v(er)s m(essire) Segura(n)s / qui nelle refusse pas ainz liuient ale [...] h / ardiem(en)t il auoit encor son glaiue entíer m(essire) Gauu / ain lefiert d(e)suz lescu (et) brisse [...] glaiue (et) m(essire) Segura(n)z / fiert [asprem(en)t q(u)'il le[...] tout envers [cathword] e passe houtre

Material

Material:	Material object (4)
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Structure

Collation:
Quire structure:	Some folios are misplaced. It is necessary to read the texts in the following order: 1-7, 11-13, 8-10, 14-132 (cf. Lathuillère 1966, 43).
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Physical description

No. of illustrations:	39
General illustration:	Listed in Lathuillère 1966, 43.
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Mise en page

Description 1
Page sampled	28r
Layout	MSLayout object (3)
Page dimensions	330x227 (mm)
Justification	280x193 (mm)
Columns	2 13mm between columns Column ruling present
Lines	50 Line ruling present
Rubrication
Writing above top line?	False
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Description 2
Page sampled	11r
Layout	None
Page dimensions	320x227 (mm)
Justification	276x193 (mm)
Columns	3 3mm between columns Column ruling present
Lines	50 Line ruling present
Rubrication
Writing above top line?	False
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Hand(s)

Level of Execution:	Execution object (4)
Script	Script object (10)
Folio range	From 1ra to 132vb
Date	1275 to 1300
Scribe description:	Lagomarsini 2014, 63-65.
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