General
| Library: | British Library |
| Sheflmark: | Harley 4482 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Modern binding in brown leather and red cloth. BM/BL in-house; rebound in 1975. (BL website catalogue). |
| Date : | 1975 |
| Title on binding: | Benoit / The History / of Troy |
| Cover material: | Material object (13) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | na |
| Chaining: | na |
| Edges: | na |
| Front end papers : | Five paper guardleaves (two modern, two older) at the front of the manuscript. |
| End papers : |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | |
Bibliography
| Reference | La Légende de Troie en France au moyen âge (Basel; Tubingen: Francke Verlag, 1996) |
| Notes | pp. 21, 22, 24-26, 110-13. |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1300 | Amiens | na |
Related MS
| Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, XIII C 38: |
Similar decoration'L'emplacement des grandes lettrines [du MS de Naples] [...] correspond, à deux exceptions près, aux lettrines historiées du ms. L1 (BL Harley 4482)' (Jung 1996, 123). |
| London, British Library, Harley 4482: |
MS Part Library: British Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Harley 4482 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 188 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Fair quality vellum. Some stitches (e.g. f. 29v, f. 134). The first folios are worn. Folios f. 36v and 37r are stained by a spill of liquid. The last two folios are damaged. Folio 187 has been trimmed in the lower margin; f. 188 torn. The b-column presumably had some text and a littera notabilior 'E' (of 'Explicit?) is still visible in what remains of the column. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Notes: | The script, a littera textualis with double-compartment 'a', the upper compartment of which can be open or closed and both straight and round 's' in final position suggests a date towards the end of the thirteenth or the beginning of the fourteenth century. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 188ra |
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with double compartment 'a', the upper compartment of which is usually open. Tongued 'e' in final position. Diacritic on 'i' in minim-group. Use of 'i'-longa in initial position. Ascenders of 'b' and 'l' forked at the top. Use of straight and round 's' in final position with a distinct preference for the straight form. The limb of 'h' extends below the baseline and curves to the right. Use of 'v' and 'w' (for 'vu') in initial position. 3-like 'z'. Many abbreviations, including 's'-like apostrophe, nasal bar, 'p' with crossed descender, crossed tironian note, superscript vowels, 'com'- and '-us' abbreviation. Biting of 'o' and round 'r'. |