General
| Library: | Bodleian Library |
| Sheflmark: | Rawlinson D 899 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (6) Segmentation: InformationSource object (6) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown leather binding (Micha 1963, 487) |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | Lancelot du Lac |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | None |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers : | |
| End papers : |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | ff. 147v, 206r. |
Bibliography
| Reference | , 'Les manuscrits du Lancelot en prose (troisième article)', Romania, 84 (1963), 478-99 |
| Notes | 486-487 |
| Reference | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | 'Arthurian Fiction in Medieval Europe: Narratives and Manuscripts', (2012) <http://www.arthurianfiction.org> |
| Notes | |
| Reference | Lancelot: Roman en prose du XIIIe siècle ed. Micha, Alexandre, 9 vols (Geneva: Droz, 1978-1983) |
| Notes | |
| Reference | ,The Illustration of the French Prose Lancelot in Flanders, Belgium and Paris (London: University of London, unpublished PhD-thesis, 1971) |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1250 | Northern France |
MS Part Library: Bodleian Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Rawlinson D 899 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 246 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1250 |
| Notes: | Date suggested by the Lancelot-Graal project. Arthurian Fiction has 1240 to 1260. Micha 1963, 486 has 14th c. The writing supports a date in the middle of the 13th c. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 246vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1250 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with two-compartment 'a', the upper compartment of which is open. Uncial 'd'. Diacritic on 'i' in minim groups. 'I'-longa in final position. Straight 's' in final position. Trailing 's' at the end of the line. The vertical stroke of 't' barely extends above the headstroke. Abbreviations included crossed tirionian 'et', nasal bar, superscript vowels, 'com'- and -'us' abbreviation, 'p' with crossed descender, apostrophe. Biting of 'de', 'o' and round 'r'. Word separation indicated with diagonal dash. |
Folios: 1ra - 246vb
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1ra - 147va
(§LXX,9-10-CVIII) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (long cyclic version)
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (12) 1ra
Related or similar
- FssToMSRelationshipType object (1): In his edition of the Agravain (XI) Micha notes that the Lyon MS is particularly close to Rawlinson 899 with which it shares common errors.
Shared by:
- Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, PA 77
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147va - 206rb
(§00-00) Queste del saint Graal (N/A)
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206rb - 246vb
(§00-00) Mort le roi Artu (N/A)
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