General
| Library: | Bodleian Library |
| Sheflmark: | Douce 303 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | hgrange |
Bindings
| Description: | Gold-tooled red morocco, with floral pattern on the spine. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | ROMAN / DU S. / GRAAL // Mss. S. VEL / DU 13. / SIECL // |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | gilt |
| Front end papers (2): | |
| End papers (2): |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | ff. 1r, 53r, 53v. |
Bibliography
| Reference | , 'Some New Arthurian Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library', The Modern Language Review, 22 (1927), 87-90 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Texte et images des manuscrits du Merlin et de la Suite Vulgate : mise en cycle et poétique de la continuation ou suite et fin d'un roman de Merlin?' (unpublished doctoral thesis, Université Paris III, 2011) |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | ?1275 to 1299 | Douai |
MS Part Library: Bodleian Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Douce 303 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 112 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Fairly good quality parchment, with a few sewn tears (e.g. ff. 27, 57) and holes avoided by the copyist. The volume has suffered drastic trimming, numerous lower corners are missing, and there is some creasing. The decoration on f. 1r is particularly worn. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1299 |
| Notes: | 'Thirteenth century' (Murrell 1927, 89; cf. Micha 1979, p. xx). c. 1285 (Fabry-Tehranci 2011, 50). |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 112vb |
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Scribe description: | A small and angular hand, displaying the following characteristics: two-compartment 'a' (slightly higher than other small letters and with a closed upper bow),some forked ascenders (or occasionally even looped), 'g' with a notably angular lower lobe, round, tall or trailing 's' in final position, both 'u' and 'v' found in initial position, dotted 'y'. Tironian 'et' is always crossed. |
Folios: 1ra - 112vb
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1ra - 112vb
(§00-00) Estoire del saint Graal (N/A)
Images:
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