Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 756
La grant ystoire de monseignor Tristan (incipit)
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General information
| Folios | 2682 frontend papers |
| Folio notes: | ff. 266-8 are blank. |
| Language | Language object (48) |
| Approx. date | ?1349 to 1399 |
| Date notes | 'Fin du XIVe siècle' (Vinaver 1925, 42; cf. Cigni 2012, 256); 'début du XIVe siècle' (Blanchard 1976, 28; cf. Delcorno Branca 1998, 55). |
| Place(s) of production | Naples, Northern Italy'Napoli o Nord Italia?' (Cigni 2012, 256). |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 2ra] en cornoaille // |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 265ra] par auenture auíez male uolente |
| Incipit | [f. 1ra] Cy co(m)mence lagrant ystoire de mo(n)s(eignor) / tristam . que missere du gail (et) mis / sire helys de buron translaterent / de latin en romanz por ce que il ueoi / ent que nus nentreprenoit atranslater si ha / ute ystoire come de celui qui fu le meillor ch(eualie)r / qui oncqes fust en la grant bretaigne ne de / uant le roi Artus ne apres fors Galaad seu / lement Et apelent cest liure libret por ce qil / est maistre sor toz les liurez qui oncq(es) furent / fait de la table reonde (et) del saint graal Et (com)me(n) / ce premierement missire Luces du gail qui / briefment parloit tant come il uesqui (et) dist / entelle maniere // [?] P / R / E / S / L / A / P / A / S / S / I / O / N / D / E / I / E / S / U / crist auint que ioseph de baramathie uint en la gra(n)t / bretaigne p(ar) le (com)m(an)dem(en)t de n(ost)re seignor |
| Explicit | [f. 265va] Or laisse li contez ap(ar)ler de ceste chose (et) retour / ne . amon(eignor) T(ristan) (et) adynada(n) de lors auenture(s) / [f. 265vb] qe puís lor aui(n)drent . // |
Related MS
| RelationshipType object (4) | Manuscript object (563)Manuscript object (383) |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
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Structure
| Collation: | 12 2-298 3010 31-348 |
| Quire structure: | Predominantly regular quaternions. |
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Physical description
| General illustration: | |
| General decoration: | Space was left for the opening initial on f. 1r (height: 20 lines), which is followed by flourished display letters that alternate red and blue. Chapters begin with illuminated initials incorporating geometric patterns (height: 7 to 14 lines), and partial borders. Paragraphs are marked with plain initials (height: 3 lines), alternating red and blue. These are flourished on f. 1r, but thereafter left unadorned. Smaller flourished initials (height: 2 lines) begin couplets and stanzas of verse passages, e.g. f. 10v. The decoration often incorporates shields (argent, 3 bends gules, and a chief azure). On the basis that these sometimes appear on a ground of fleurs-de-lys and that stars of David occasionally form part of the decoration, Blanchard suggests the volume was dedicated to the Carafa family of Naples. But see Cigni 2012, 273-4. |
| Evidence of readership: | |
| Foliations description: | Modern ink numbering in the upper right corner of recto sides, running 1 to 265. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Page dimensions from Cigni 2012, 273. |
| Page sampled | f. 233v |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 362x251 (mm) |
| Justification | (mm) |
| Columns | 2mm between columns Column ruling present |
| Lines | 61Line ruling present |
| Rubrication | |
| Writing above top line? | False |
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Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (1) |
| Folio range | From 1ra to 265vb |
| Date | ?1300 to 1399 |
| Scribe description: | An Italian book hand that displays the following traits: box 'a' alongside single-compartment 'a'; 'd' with a near-horizontal shaft; rücken-'g'; round 's' in final position; 't' with a hairline descending from the end of the cross stroke when in final position; 'u' in initial position, but 'v(ous)'; tironian 'et' without a bar. |
| Notes | The same hand copied Paris BnF f.fr. 757. Elongation of top-line ascenders. |
Provenance
| Description | f. 265vb: 'Hierony(me) demonteux'. | |
| Date | ?1500 to 1599 | |
| Place | Place object (1) | |
| Ownership | Person object (93) | |