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Shelfmark:	fonds français 1553
MS Part Title:	[Part 1]
Ms Part Folios:	524 folios
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Material

MS Part Material:	Material object (4)
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Date Information

Date(s):

?1285 to 1290

Notes:

The colophon for the 'Roman de la Violette' on f. 325va suggests this work was completed in February 1285: 'C hi define li Roumans de Gerart / D e neuers : et de la uíolete . / Q uí fu escrís lan del íncarna / T ion nostre signour ih(es)ucrist . / M il .CC. et iiij.XX. et Quatre . El / M oys de feuríer .' Lepage deems it likely that material continued to be added to the volume until about 1290 (1975, 25).

Hand

Level of Execution:	Execution object (4)
Folio(s):	From 2ra to 162vb
Date(s):	c. 1285
Scribe description:	A small textualis in black ink of the late 13th c., with a cursive influence. Traits include a two-compartment 'a' (upper bow generally open) that is often slightly taller than other short letters, ascenders with the occasional loop, some 'i'-ticks, round 's' privileged over straight 's' in final position, 'v' in initial position, dotted 'y'. Tironian 'et' has a relatively long cross-bar.
Level of Execution:	None
Folio(s):	From 163ra to 287vb
Date(s):	c. 1285
Scribe description:
Level of Execution:	None
Folio(s):	From 288ra to 383vb
Date(s):	c. 1285
Scribe description:
Level of Execution:	None
Folio(s):	From 384ra to 524vb
Date(s):	?1275 to 1290
Scribe description:	Several different hands responsible for this section.

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• Folios: 2ra - 436vb

  • 2ra - 161vb

    (§v. 1-v. 30316x) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)

    Includes:

    • Nestor's army (Verse) from folio 53vb to 58vb,
    • Death of Boetes and Archilogus (Verse) from folio 63rb to 63va,
    • Riche dame de riche rei (Verse) from folio 78ra to 78ra,
    • Alabaster Chamber (Verse) from folio 86ra to 86rb

    Paratextual features:

    • ParatextualType object (10) 161vb

  • 161vb - 162va

    (§na-na) De Engerran, vesque de Cambrai ki fu (N/A)

  • 162va - 162vb

    (§na-na) Complainte des Jacobins et des Cordeliers (N/A)

  • 163ra - 197v

    (§na-na) Gossuin de Metz, Image du monde (N/A)

  • 198ra - 254va

    (§na-na) De Baleham et de Josaphas (N/A)

  • 254va - 254vb

    (§na-na) Chronique dite de Baudouin d'Avesnes (N/A)

  • 255ra - 287vb

    (§na-na) Miscellaneous hagiographical texts in prose (N/A)

  • 288ra - 325va

    (§na-na) Gerbert de Montreuil, Roman de la violette (N/A)

  • 325vb - 338vb

    (§na-na) Wistasse le Moine (N/A)

  • 338vb - 367va

    (§na-na) Roman des sept sages de Rome (N/A)

  • 367va - 379ra

    (§na-na) Alexandre du Pont, Roman de Mahomet (N/A)

  • 379ra - 393va

    (§na-na) Vengeance Nostre Seigneur (N/A)

  • 393va - 434vb

    (§na-na) Miscellaneous texts, including saints' lives and dits (N/A)

  • 435ra - 436vb

    (§na-na) Letter of Prester John (N/A)

  • Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment

• Folios: 437ra - 524vb

  • 437ra - 480va

    (§na-na) Guillaume le Clerc, Fergus (N/A)

  • 480va - 524vb

    (§na-na) Miscellaneous texts, including lais and fabliaux (N/A)