General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 783 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers, jstoll |
Bindings
| Description: | Red morocco binding on pasteboard. Simple frame gold-tooled on the front and back. Arabesques gold-tooled on the spine. |
| Date : | ?1700 to 1800 |
| Title on binding: | Romans / de / Troye |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | na |
| Chaining: | na |
| Edges: | gilt |
| Front end papers : | Two vellum flyleaves at the front. On the pasteboard: 'Inscrit J.P.G. Chatre de Cangé'. On the second flyleaf Cangé has added a title 'ROMAN / de / TROIE composé par / Beneois de Ste More (page 1 vo. l. 2) d'Apres Dares le Phrygien / et Dictys de Crete' and refers to previous ownership by Jacques II de Bourbon, comte de la Marche et de Castres and his marriage to Jeanne II, queen of Naples and Sicily in 1415. He died 24 September 1438. |
| End papers : | No flyleaves at the back. De Cangé has added five folios (Part 2 of the manuscript), transcribed from BnF fr. 1610, which he thought were missing between f. 112 and f. 113. It is quite possible a quire has gone missing here. Although the catchword on f. 112v is correct, it is written in a lighter ink and later hand. |
Digitisations
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| Colour? | Black and White |
| Completeness | Full |
| Notes | |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | ?1275 to 1330 | France | na |
| [Part 2] | ?1700 to 1746 | Paris | na |
Related MS
| Montpellier, Bibliothèque interuniversitaire, Section médecine H 251: |
Similar programme of illustrations'L'emplacement des lettrines historiées dans le 'Roman de Troie' correspond exactement à celui qu'on trouve dans le manuscrit D (BN fr. 783)' (Jung 1996, 118). |
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 783: |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 783 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 176 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Medium quality vellum (few stitches, e.g. f. 91), in good condition. Some stains (e.g. f. 5) and tears (e.g. f. 9). The bottom corner of f. 23 has been repaired. Burn holes in f. 103 to 105. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1330 |
| Notes: | Mandragore has last quarter of the thirteenth century. The 'Imagining the Past in France'-catalogue (Morrison and Hedeman 2010, 57) dates the manuscript to c. 1330. The script, which sometimes has long 's' in final position and has double-bow 'a' would justify a date at the end of the 13th c. or the beginning of the 14th c. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 176va |
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with double-bow 'a', occasionally open upper compartment. Tongued 'e'. Diacritical dash on 'i'. No use of 'i'-longa except for majuscules and in final position (mainly in numerals). General use of round 's' in final position, but also occurence of straight 's' at the end of the word. Use of 'v' in initial position. Dotted 'y'. Abbreviations include crossed tironian note, 'p' with crossed descender, nasal bar also for 'que', 'con'-abbreviation. Particular ligatures with long 's', e.g. 'sg' in 'esgait' f. 106r. |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 783 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 2] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 5 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Good quality vellum, in good condition. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1700 to 1746 |
| Notes: | Transcribed by Châtre de Cangé (1680 to 1746). |
Hand
Folios: 1ra - 112vb
Folios: 113ra - 176va
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113ra - 176va
(§v. 19378-v. 30316x) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (10) 176va
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