Oxford, Queen's College, 106
[Troie fragments]
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General information
| Folios | 2 |
| Folio notes: | Partial bifolium, previously used in the binding of another volume. |
| Language | Language object (48) |
| Approx. date | ?1275 to 1299 |
| Date notes | 'L'écriture est une lettre de forme de la fin du XIIIe siècle' (Vielliard 1988, 509; cf. Jung 1996, 499). |
| Place(s) of production | Genoa-Pisa, ItalyScript 'de type italien' (Vielliard 1988, 509; cf. Jung 1996, 499). The flourished initials would suggest Genoa-Pisa. |
| First words of second recto folio | na |
| First words of last recto folio | na |
| Incipit | [f. 158ra] it m(ou)lt aidiez . Et atraíre le cors fors de / la presse des cheuaus |
| Explicit | [f. 159vb] En cestuí ost nest nus / quí sen retort sanz damaie ne sanz |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Damaged following use in binding. The outer text-columns are partially cropped. Horizontal creasing and sewing holes. |
Structure
| Collation: | 2 |
| Quire structure: | Single bifolium. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (18) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (12) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | none |
| General decoration: | Pen-flourished initials (height: 2 lines), alternating red and blue, with decoration in the opposing colour. Flourishing typical of late-13th-c. Pisan/Genoese work. |
| Evidence of readership: | none |
| Foliations description: | The two folios are numbered 158 and 159 in modern pencil in the upper corner of recto sides. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | The outer columns have been cropped, more severely in the case of f. 159. The bifolium is probably more or less its original height, however. |
| Page sampled | f. 158 |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 288x183 (mm) |
| Justification | 215x157 (mm) |
| Columns | 213mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 42Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | none |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (1) |
| Folio range | From f. 158ra to f. 159vb |
| Date | ?1275 to 1299 |
| Scribe description: | Two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow); use of 'ç'; shaft of 'd' almost horizontal; both round- and straight-'s' in final position; dotted 'y'. Widespread use of tironian 'et' (without bar), but abbreviation otherwise limited to the end of the line. |
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