Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates 19.1.3
La grant ystoire de monsignor Tristan (incipit)
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General information
| Folios | 1961 backend papers |
| Folio notes: | 4 folios wanting between ff. 172 and 173. |
| Language | Language object (46) |
| Approx. date | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Date notes | 'Fin du XIIIe siècle' (Pickford 1960, 131). Late-13th c. or early 14th c. on palaeographical grounds; the former perhaps more likely. |
| Place(s) of production | Lorraine'The manuscript was written, apparently from dictation, by a scribe accustomed to the forms of Old French prevalent in Lorraine' (Johnson 1942, xxii). 'Francia o Italia?' (Cigni 2012, 262). |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 2ra] retornet aroí pelyas . et a Sadoc : |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 196ra] vne ??...?? ois ne li faldrai míes . Sí |
| Incipit | [f. 1ra] [C]I Comancet / la grant / ystoire de / mon signor / Tristan ke / mes sires / luces dou / gat . Et / mes sires helíns de boron trans / laterent dou latin en romans . |
| Explicit | [f. 196vc] aue(n)ture m(er)vílleuse ??...?? / vne plai(n)gne pas ??...?? / tes armes // |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Fair parchment, with occasional small holes. The text, however, is sometimes illegible due to humidity damage, tears and significant creasing. |
Structure
| Collation: | 1-218 224 23-258 |
| Quire structure: | Regular quaternions, with the exception of quire 22, which is a quaternion whose 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th leaves are wanting. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (10) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (4) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | |
| General decoration: | Paragraphs are marked by plain initials (height: 2 lines), alternating red and blue, with marginal guide letters. On f. 189r some of these smaller initials are flourished. Space was left for major initials that were never executed, typically 8 lines, but Hand #3 leaves up to 12 lines. There is some elongation and decoration of top-line ascenders and bottom-line ascenders by Hand #1. |
| Evidence of readership: | Pen trials and doodles, e.g. ff. 88r and 152v. |
| Foliations description: | Modern pencil in centre of lower margin of recto sides. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Triple spacing for lai sections. |
| Page sampled | f. 44r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 342x266 (mm) |
| Justification | 292x210 (mm) |
| Columns | 312mm between columns |
| Lines | 60 |
| Rubrication | none |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (4) |
| Folio range | From f. 1ra to f. 144vc |
| Date | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Scribe description: | A small bookhand, featuring two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow), some bifurcated ascenders, both tall and round 's' in final position (though mostly the latter), both 'u' and 'v' in initial position, dotted 'y', and tironian 'et' with a bar. |
| Notes | |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (4) |
| Folio range | From f. 145ra to f. 152va |
| Date | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Scribe description: | Less neat than Hand #1. The upper compartment of 'a' is sometimes barely visible. Cursive influence on occasional loops to 'd', and 'f' and tall 's', which can descend slightly below the baseline. |
| Notes | |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (4) |
| Folio range | From f. 153ra to f. 196vb |
| Date | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Scribe description: | A more regular textualis, with two-compartment 'a', rücken 'g', round 's' consistently used in final position, initial 'v', and 'y' without a dot. |
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