General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 1450 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (2) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers, hgrange |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown leather binding on pasteboard, simple frame gold-tooled on the front and back. Gilt arabesques on the spine. |
| Date : | ?1700 to 1800 |
| Title on binding: | Anciennes / Poesies |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | none |
| Chaining: | none |
| Edges: | Coloured in red ink |
| Front end papers (4): | Four vellum guardleaves at the front. On the recto of the second guardleaf De Cangé has added a table of contents. Additional notes on the structure, contents, and provenance in the margin. Title 'Recueil d'anciens romans' on the recto side of the final guardleaf. |
| End papers (1): | One vellum guardleaf at the back. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Full |
| Notes | |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | ?1225 to 1250 | Northern France | none |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 1450 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 262 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Medium to lower grade quality vellum (e.g. ff. 107 and 158 tears; ff. 116, 162, and 181 holes; f. 232 stitched), generally in good condition. The final page is worn. Three quires have been lost between ff. 2 and 3. Additionally two quires have been lost between ff. 218 and 221. Folios have been lost at the end of the manuscript. (Nixon 1993, 31). The last folio is worn. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1225 to 1250 |
| Notes: | A dating in the second quarter of the thirteenth century is supported by layout (writing above top line; three columns), writing (two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment, straight 's' and round 's' occurring in final position) and decoration (pen-flourishing) (Nixon 1993, 32). |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 264vc |
| Date(s): | ?1230 to 1250 |
| Scribe description: | Small and compressed northern textualis with double-compartment 'a' the upper compartment of which is open. Round 'd' the ascender of which curves to the right. Tongued 'e' in final position. The lobe of 'g' is closed and smaller than the upper lobe. Use of 'i' longa only in final position. Diacritical dash on 'i' in minim group. The ascender of 'l' is clubbed. Use of round and long 's' (in a straight and curved form) in final position. No use of 'v'. Abbreviations included uncrossed and crossed tironian note with a distinct preference for the uncrossed form, 'p' with crossed descender, apostrophe, nasal mark, 'com'- and -'us' abbreviation. |
Folios: 1ra - 218vc
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1ra - 83rb
(§v. 1-v. 30316x) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
Includes:
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (10) 83rb
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83rb - 112vb
(§na-na) Roman d'Eneas (N/A)
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112vb - 139vc
(§na-na) Wace, Brut (N/A)
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140ra - 158vb
(§na-na) Chrétien de Troyes, Erec et Enide (N/A)
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158vb - 188va
(§na-na) Chrétien de Troyes, Conte du Graal (N/A)
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188vb - 207va
(§na-na) Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès (N/A)
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207vb - 218vc
(§na-na) Chrétien de Troyes, Chevalier au lion (N/A)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
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Folios: 221ra - 264vc
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221ra - 225ra
(§na-na) Chrétien de Troyes, Chevalier de la Charrette (N/A)
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225ra - 238ra
(§na-na) Wace, Brut (N/A)
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238rb - 264vc
(§na-na) Herbert, Dolopathos (N/A)
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