Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 301
Le dernier volume de la fleur des hystoires
General information
Folios | 298 |
Folio notes: | The last four folios are blank, but ff. 295-6 have been ruled. |
Language | Language object (3) |
Approx. date | c. 1400 |
Date notes | Jung 1996, 552 |
Place(s) of production | ParisJung 1996, 552 |
First words of second recto folio | |
First words of last recto folio | |
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Related MS
RelationshipType object (10), RelationshipType object (12) | Manuscript object (104)Manuscript object (99) |
Material
Material: | Material object (4) |
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Physical description
No. of illustrations: | 228 |
General illustration: | This manuscript is a direct copy of British Library Royal 20 D 1 and reproduces the overwhelming majority of its miniatures, including the half-page and full-page illustrations. There are, however, some differences; see Jung 1996, 554-5 for details. Where Royal 20 D 1 often has illustrations which illustrate several scenes, this manuscript selects just one to reprise. According to Jung, there are different miniatures on f. 121v, 125 v, 139r, 144v, 152v. These supplementary miniatures are all in Prose 5, the episode concerning the return to Greece and in the Landomata section. |
General decoration: | There is extensive marginal decoration on f. 1r, a three-quarter page illustration. Otherwise miniatures have only sparse border decoration, with a few exceptions (e.g. 102r, where there is an extensive foliate border extending from an historiated initial through the central column). There are historiated initials throughout. |
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Mise en page
Description 1 | |
Page sampled | |
Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
Page dimensions | 380x280 (mm) |
Justification | 240x175 (mm) |
Columns | 2mm between columns |
Lines | 40 |
Rubrication | Rubrication is present throughout. |
Writing above top line? | False |
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Hand(s)
Level of Execution: | Execution object (3) |
Script | Script object (6) |
Folio range | From to |
Date | None |
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