Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 381
[Troie fragments]
General information
| Folios | 2 |
| Folio notes: | 3 mutilated parchment fragments, from 2 different folios, remounted onto 2 paper leaves (ff. 4-5). |
| Language | Language object (44) |
| Approx. date | ?1250 to 1299 |
| Date notes | 'L'écriture est du XIIIe siècle' (Jung 1996, 320). |
| Place(s) of production | |
| First words of second recto folio | na |
| First words of last recto folio | na |
| Incipit | [f. 4ra] M ais nest pas bel nen q(ui)er ment(ir) / N eio nel voel mie soufrír / |
| Explicit | [f. 5vb] D olor ot g(ra)nt (et) ire // |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Damaged from being used in a binding (roughly trimmed, holes, stains, etc.), though much of the text block remains legible. |
Structure
| Collation: | na |
| Quire structure: | na |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (18) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (12) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | none |
| General decoration: | Space was left for initials (height: 2 lines), but these were never executed. Guide initials, however, are present. |
| Evidence of readership: | none |
| Foliations description: | The 1st and 3rd fragments are numbered 5 and 4 respectively in pencil. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Jung estimates the justification was 210x150 (Jung 1996, 320). |
| Page sampled | f. 4r (second fragment) |
| Layout | MSLayout object (4) |
| Page dimensions | 222x90 (mm) |
| Justification | (mm) |
| Columns | 3mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 40Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| 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. 4ra to f. 5vb |
| Date | ?1250 to 1299 |
| Scribe description: | Two-compartment 'a' (upper bow open or closed); tall 's' used in all positions; 'v' predominates in initial position. In addition to tironian 'et' (with bar), abbreviations include (est), (com/n), (er), etc. |
| Notes | |