Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 2181

Library:	Bibliothèque nationale de France
Sheflmark:	fonds français 2181
Information source:	Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (2)
Described by:	bgutt

Description:	Described on Gallica ('Reliure en veau de 1835 avec encadrement de dentelle dorée due au relieur Bradel (BnF., Archives modernes, 624, liste des livres remis le 30 mai 1835 à Bradel), encadrement de dentelle dorée.').
Date :	1835
Title on binding:	DESTRUCTION / DE / TROYES
Cover material:	Material object (2)
Board material:	None
Fastening:
Chaining:
Edges:
Front end papers (3):	First and second guardleaves in paper, left blank, added with the modern binding. The third guardleaf is in vellum, it presents scribbles and pen trials on the verso, a large drawing of a knot in the center, and, on the right margin, from the top: 'Le Roman de la destruction / de Troye / Lauteur de ce / Roman sappele / Beneeis de / Seinte <Sainte> more'. The description on Gallica adds that 'Un emblème, semblable à celui du Français 1554 (Les Vœux du paon, le Restor du Paon), figure sur le feuillet de garde.'
End papers (3):	One vellum and two paper guardleaves. Final original flyleaf in vellum (foliated 178), pasted on a more recent one. The verso of the latter is left blank, the recto of the former has writing, scribbles and pen trials. This folio is followed by 2 endpapers in paper, left blank, probably added with the modern binding.

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Colour?	Colour
Completeness	Full
Notes

Reference	Jung, Marc-René, La Légende de Troie en France au moyen âge (Basel; Tubingen: Francke Verlag, 1996)
Notes	pp. 226-30
Reference	Careri, Maria, et al., Album de manuscrits français du XIIIe siècle: Mise en page et mise en texte (Rome: Viella, 2001)
Notes	pp. 7-9

Title	Date	Place	Dedicatee
[Part 1]	?1200 to 1250	Normandy, Northern France	none
[Part 2]	?1200 to 1250	Northern France

MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France

MS Part Material:	Material object (4)
Watermark:
Condition:	Good to medium quality vellum. The end of the manuscript is in poor condition, in particular quire 22, and a further quire containing the end of the romance is missing. On the basis of the length of Constans' edition, Jung (1996, 226) observes that at least five folios are missing. Modern restoration at ff. 98, 99, 169-76, and recent addition of the paper guardleaves (not recorded in Jung 1996). Only a few holes in the parchment (e.g. f. 127). Tears, esp. in the margins.

Date(s):	?1200 to 1250
Notes:	Careri et al. 2001, 7); 'XIIIe siècle' (Jung 1996, 226). The text is written above the uppermost line, which suggests a date before c. 1230.

Level of Execution:	Execution object (4)
Folio(s):	From 1r to 177v
Date(s):	1200 to 1250
Scribe description:	Regular and elegant hand, vertical, 'brisée'. Ascenders usually decorated by a short sloping stroke added at the top, always uncial, round 'd'. Tongued 'e'. Lobe of 'g' extends below the baseline and is closed. No use of 'i' longa. Diacritic on 'i' in minim group. The ascender of 'l' is clubbed. Minims of 'm' and 'n' do not extend beyond the baseline. Use of straight and round 's' in final position may suggest a date closer to the middle of the 13th c. Particular use of superscript 's' at the end of the verseline. Ascender of 't' does not extend above the headstroke. No use of 'v'. Abbreviations include superscript vowels, 'p' with crossed descender, nasal bar (also for 'que'), crossed tironian note. Noteworthy use of a sort of semicolon (;) to abbreviate 'est' (e.g. f. 124rb, l. 2), cf. Careri et al. 2001, p. 9.

Folios: 1ra - 116vb
- 1ra - 177vb
  
  (§v. 1-v. 19602) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
  
  Includes:
  - Riche dame de riche rei (Verse) from folio 78va to 78vb,
  - Paris' grief (Verse) from folio 96va to 96va
- Termination object (8): folios added after this segment
Folios: 116vb - 117vb
- 116vb - 117vb
  
  (§v. 19603-v. 19773) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
- Termination object (8): folios added after this segment
Folios: 118ra - 177vb
- 118ra - 177vb
  
  (§v. 19773-v. 29622) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)

MS Part Material:	Material object (4)
Watermark:
Condition:	The addition of f. 117 was not particularly accurate, the folio in particular has a very irregular shape. The ink is in good condition on f. 116vb, while on f. 117 it is sometimes faded and scraped off.

Date(s):	?1200 to 1250
Notes:	'copié d'une main sensiblement contemporaine' (Careri et al. 2001, 7).