Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 759

Tristan le Lionnois (supplied title)

General information

Folios	88
Folio notes:	The first quire is numbered 'IIII', suggesting the loss of the initial three quires. A quire is also missing between ff. 80 and 81.
Language	Language object (3)
Approx. date	?1250 to 1299
Date notes	'Fin du XIIIe siècle' (Vinaver 1925, 43); 'sec. XIII 2/2' (Cigni 2012, 257).
Place(s) of production	Northern France 'mano francese (Nord?)' (Cigni 2012, 257).
First words of second recto folio
First words of last recto folio
Incipit	[f. 1ra] uoise auec yseut . //
Explicit	[f. 88vb] (et) li che / ualier entrent ens tout

Material

Material:	Material object (4)
Watermark:
Condition:

Structure

Collation:	1-148
Quire structure:	Regular quaternions, except for the final quire, whose leaves have been placed in the wrong order (correct order: ff. 81-82, 85-88, 83-84).
Quire marks:	MSQuiremarkDisposition object (10)
Catchwords:
Catchword disposition:	MSCatchwordDisposition object (12)

Physical description

No. of illustrations:	20
General illustration:	Historiated initials (height: 10 lines).
General decoration:	Paragraphs marked with pen-flourished initials (height: 3 lines).
Evidence of readership:
Foliations description:	Arabic numbering in the upper right corner of recto sides.

Mise en page

Description 1	Source for page dimensions: Vinaver 1925, 43.
Page sampled	f. 3r
Layout	MSLayout object (3)
Page dimensions	350x240 (mm)
Justification	(mm)
Columns	2 mm between columns Column ruling present
Lines	40 Line ruling present
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 1ra to 88vb
Date	?1275 to 1299
Scribe description:	Two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow), tall 's' in final position (but occasional trailing 's' found), 'v' with long approach stroke in initial position.
Notes