Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 99
Li roumans du bon chevalier Tristan (incipit)
General information
| Folios | 695 |
| Folio notes: | Material lacunae between ff. 78 and 87, 253 and 264, 274 and 281, 296 and 305, 669 and 679, 742 and 752, and 761 and 767. |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | 8-10-1463 |
| Date notes | 'Au jourduy huitiesme jour du mois doctobre míl CCCC lxííj fu acheue ce rommans / Par micheau gonnot de la brouce p(re)stre demeurant a crousant' (f. 775v). |
| Place(s) of production | CrozantColophon f. 775v. |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 2ra] ouil de toutes chouses vueil ie bien estre |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 775ra] leur monstre lespee et lescu t(ri)stan |
| Incipit | [f. 1r] Ci commence li roumans du bon cheualiers Tristan filz au bon roy Meliodus de loenois . et de sadoch / Et co(m)ment tristan tua le morholt dirlande qui estoit vng dez bons cheualiers du monde . q(ua)nt il vint q(ue)re / le treu du seruage que li roy mars de cornoaille li deuoit ch(asc)u(n) an . et co(m)ment li roys mars enuoia querre / yseult la blonde en Irlande pour auoir afemme Et co(m)ment tristant but en lanef le buurage amoureu??x?? / pour lequel il ne se pot point partir de lamour yseult Et co(m)me(n)t le roy marc li lanca par vne fenestre / vng dart enuenime dont il morut et depluseurs auentures que il fist par sa cheualerie // [f. 1ra] APres ce que iay leu et releu et po(ur)ueu / par maintes fois le grant liure en latin / |
| Explicit | [f. 775rb] Ancois fínero(n)s / n(ost)re liure de mons(eigneur) tristan de loenois le bon ch(eua)l(ie)r / et le bel . Et de madame la royne yseult la bloye / fille au roy anguys dirlande Alonneur et ala / loenge de n(ost)re s(eigneur) jh(es)ucrist Amen // Explicit le ro(m)mans de tristan et de la royne / yseult lablonde royne de cornoaille // |
Related MS
| RelationshipType object (4) | Manuscript object (379)Manuscript object (111) |
| RelationshipType object (2) | Manuscript object (379)Manuscript object (192)Manuscript object (560)Manuscript object (561)Manuscript object (562) |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
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Structure
| Collation: | 18 2-410 5-158 1610 17-188 19-2310 24-258 267? 27-2910 302 31-328 33-3410 35-438 446 45-758 7610? 776? 78-838 844 857 |
| Quire structure: | A quaternion, three quinions, ten quaternions, a quinion, two quaternions, five quinions, two quaternions, a quaternion wanting its eighth leaf?, three quinions, the outer bifolium of a quaternion, two quaternions, two quinions, nine quaternions, a ternion, 31 quaternions, a quinion?, a ternion?, five quaternions, the two outer bifolia of a quaternion?, a quaternion wanting its final leaf? |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21) |
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| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (4) |
Physical description
| No. of illustrations: | 116 |
| General illustration: | The illustration is attributed to Évrard d'Espinques. There are frontispieces marking the beginning of Books 1 and 3 (ff. 1r and 561r), and a single miniature across both columns on f. 60r. The remaining 113 miniatures span the width of a single column. For further details, see Avril 1993 and Delcourt 2009. |
| General decoration: | Chapters are marked by large initials (height: 3 to 7 lines) against gold grounds, with foliate or geometric infill, and partial bar borders with marginal floral decoration. Paragraphs are marked by smaller champie initials in gold (height: 2 lines) against blue and red grounds. Decorative line-fillers in red, blue and gold. |
| Evidence of readership: | |
| Foliations description: | Late 15th-c. roman numerals in blue ink in the upper right of recto sides. Omission of ff. 445-64 and ff. 550-9. Duplication of ff. 142, 243, 292, 358, 580, and 582. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | For page dimensions, see Delcourt 2009, 215. There are running heads (detailing book numbers). |
| Page sampled | f. 1v |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 415x310 (mm) |
| Justification | (mm) |
| Columns | 2mm between columns |
| Lines | 42 |
| Rubrication | Introducing chapters. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (3) |
| Script | Script object (11) |
| Folio range | From 1ra to 775rb |
| Date | 8-10-1463 |
| Scribe description: | Looped and loopless ascenders. |
| Notes | Copied by Micheau Gonnot (f. 775v). |
Provenance
| Description | Owned by Jacques d'Armagnac, whose name is on f. 775v. | |
| Date | ?1463 to 1476 | |
| Place | Place object (139) | |
| Ownership | Person object (51) | |
| Description | Acquired by Pierre de Beaujeu in the wake of Jacques d'Armagnac's execution. | |
| Date | 1488 | |
| Place | Place object (1) | |
| Ownership | Person object (92) | |
| Description | Confiscated by François I from the Château de Moulins in 1523 (following Charles III de Bourbon's treason). | |
| Date | 1523 | |
| Place | Place object (187) | |
| Ownership | Person object (70) | |