Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 1610
Part of set: BnF, fr. 1610 and fragment 's Heerenberg
The 's Heerenberg fragments are miniatures cut from this manuscript of the 'Roman de Troie'.
General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 1610 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown morocco binding on pasteboard. Simple frame gold-tooled on the front and back. Spine in red leather, with gold-tooled decoration. Two 'L's intertwined, crowned and fleurs-de-lys. |
| Date : | c. 1800 |
| Title on binding: | Roman / de / Troye |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | none |
| Chaining: | none |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (3): | Two paper and one vellum guardleaf at the beginning of the manuscript. On the recto of the vellum flyleaf a modren hand has added a title 'ROMANS DE TROIE / Composé par Benoies de Seinte More, d'apres Dares le Phrygien / & Dictys de Crete [ou Beneois de Sainte More' and references to the double-headed imperial eagle occurring in the miniatures of the manuscript. |
| End papers (2): | Two paper guardleaves at the end of the manuscript |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Black and White |
| Completeness | Full |
| Notes | |
Bibliography
| Reference | La Légende de Troie en France au moyen âge (Basel; Tubingen: Francke Verlag, 1996) |
| Notes | pp. 214-225 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | 5-1264 | Paris | none |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 1610 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 181 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Good to medium quality vellum, with holes (ff. 30, 42, 47, 61, 82, 89, 160), stitches (ff. 76, 82, 90) and irregularities (ff. 94 and 160), also in the writing space. Generally in good condition. One folio missing before f. 27. Two folios have been lost between ff. 94 and 95. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | 5-1264 |
| Notes: | The date of May 1264 is given on f. 181rb: 'C ist romanz fut escriz an l an nostre seignor mil (et) dos cenz (et) sexante (et) .iiij. anz o mois de may' |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 181rb |
| Date(s): | 1264 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with double-compartment 'a', the upper compartment of which is open. Tongued 'e' in final position. 8-like 'g'. The limb of 'h' extends beyond the baseline curving to the left. No use of 'i' longa. Diacritic on 'i' in sequence of minims. The ascender of 'l' is forked or clubbed. Use of straight and round 's' in final position. No use of 'v'. 3-like 'z'. Abbreviations include crossed tironian note, apostrophe, 'com'-abbreviation, superscript vowels, 'p' with crossed descender, nasal bar. |
Folios: 1ra - 181rb
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1ra - 181rb
(§v. 1-v. 30316) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
Includes:
- Nestor's army (Verse) from folio 56va to 61va,
- Riche dame de riche rei (Verse) from folio 80ra to 80rb,
- Alabaster Chamber (Verse) from folio 88va to 88vb,
- Paris' grief (Verse) from folio 95vb to 95vb
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (7) 181rb
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