General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 776 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (2) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers, hgrange |
Bindings
| Description: | Red morocco binding on paste board with the royal arms gold-tooled on the front and back. On the spine two letters 'L' intertwined, crowned. |
| Date : | c. 1800 |
| Title on binding: | Roman de Tristan |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | none |
| Chaining: | none |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (3): | Three paper guardleaves at the front of the manuscript. |
| End papers (3): | Three paper guardleaves at the end of the manuscript. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Full |
| Notes | |
Bibliography
| Reference | , 'Per un riesame della tradizione del Tristan in prosa, con nuove osservazioni sul ms. Paris, BnF, fr. 756-757', in Francesco Benozzo (ed.), Culture, livelli di cultura e ambienti nel Medioevo occidentale. Atti del IX Convegno della Società Italiana di Filologia Romanza (S.I.F.R.), Bologna, 5-8 ottobre 2009 (Rome: Aracne, 2012), pp. 247-78 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , Études sur le 'Tristan' en prose: les sources, les manuscrits, bibliographie critique (Paris: Champion, 1925) |
| Notes | p. 44 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1285 to 1290 | Northern France |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 776 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 291 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Good quality vellum with few holes and stitches. Some of the folios have been damaged by water or damp. Many lacunae. Incomplete at the beginning and end. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1285 to 1290 |
| Notes: | Cigni 2012, 259. The writing (variants of double-compartment 'a' with open and closed upper compartments, box-'a' and double-bow 'a', straight 's' and round 's' in final position) would suggest a dating in the last quarter of the 13th c. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 291vb |
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | A neat book hand with the following characteristics: box 'a' or two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow); ascenders with some spurs; tall 's' or (less often) round 's' in final position; both 'u' and 'v' in initial position; crossed tironian 'et'. |
Folios: 1ra - 33vb
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(§Lös. 103-Lös. 110) Tristan's adventures in Ireland, Brittany, and the Morrois (Common Version)
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(§Lös. 184a-Lös. 192) Adventures of Tristan and Marc in Logres, and their reconciliation (Vulgate Version)
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(§Lös. 195-Lös. 197) Adventures of Tristan and Marc in Logres, and their reconciliation (Vulgate Version)
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(§Lös. 253a-Lös. 259) Invasion of Cornwall by the Saxons, Tristan's imprisonments, and the lovers' departure for Logres (Vulgate Version)
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(§Lös. 262-Lös. 280) Invasion of Cornwall by the Saxons, Tristan's imprisonments, and the lovers' departure for Logres (Vulgate Version)
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(§Lös. 363-Lös. 363) Tournament of Louvezerp (Common Version)
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