Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, 164
[Part 1]
General information
| Folios | 144 |
| Folio notes: | ff. 1 and 107-110 wanting; ff. 333 and 379-98 also constitute Part 1. |
| Language | Language object (46) |
| Approx. date | ?1375 to 1450 |
| Date notes | 'XIVe siècle' (Vielliard 1975, 86). |
| Place(s) of production | |
| First words of second recto folio | |
| First words of last recto folio | |
| Incipit | [f. 2ra] et noiant luí lostoit de la certaínnete et lameto / it en autre pensee |
| Explicit | [f. 398va] Que iusques Ci auez tenue . touz- / <...> |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Mediocre parchment, of varying thickness, with the occasional small hole (e.g. f. 46) and stitched tear (e.g. f. 106). Hair follicles are sometimes so prominent as to obscure the text (e.g. f. 31v). Some text is illegible at the beginning of the codex due to creasing and folding, and there are miscellaneous stains throughout (e.g. ff. 72v-73r). The volume has been trimmed very close to the justification. |
Structure
| Collation: | ff. 2-128: 17 28 3+416 5-138 144 15-168 ff. 379-98: 112 28 |
| Quire structure: | Regular quaternions for the most part. Quire 1 has lost its first leaf, and quire 14 leaves 3 to 6. Quire 3+4 incorporates what was originally the first quire of the volume, inserted between the 3rd and 4th leaves (ff. 19 and 28). The re-inserted quaternion has been rearranged, however, with the folios now in the following order: 2, 1, 7, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8. Judging by the medieval foliation and the guidance for the reader in the lower margins of quire 3+4, the present sequence dates to at least as early as the 15th c. Both quires inserted into Part 3 were senions, but the second is wanting leaves 9 to 12. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (78) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (4) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | 15 lines were left on f. 5rb, perhaps for a miniature. |
| General decoration: | Space was left for initials (height: 2 to 8 lines), with guide letters in the margin. |
| Evidence of readership: | Corrections, additions and deletions contemporaneous to copying (e.g. f. 6r). |
| Foliations description: | Medieval roman numerals in brown ink in the centre of the upper margin (recto sides). |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | |
| Page sampled | f. 83r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 308x234 (mm) |
| Justification | 281x205 (mm) |
| Columns | 29mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (5) (RulingMaterials object (1) ) |
| Lines | 52Line ruling present in Colours object (5) (RulingMaterials object (1) ) |
| Rubrication | none |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
| Description 2 | |
| Page sampled | f. 391r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 291x229 (mm) |
| Justification | 265x168 (mm) |
| Columns | 213mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 65Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | none |
| Writing above top line? | True |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (5) |
| Script | Script object (4) |
| Folio range | From 2ra to 128vb |
| Date | ?1375 to 1450 |
| Scribe description: | The text copied by Vielliard's Scribe I is no doubt the work of multiple (a dozen?) copyists. The first, responsible for ff. 1ra-4va, 5ra-10ra, etc. displays the following traits: two-compartment 'a' (though upper bow often barely present); some forked ascenders; 'g' with angular lower lobe; round 's' (slanting left) and occasionally tall 's' in final position; 'v' consistently used in initial position; dotted 'y'; tironian 'et' with bar. |
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