General
| Library: | British Library |
| Sheflmark: | Royal 20 D II |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | hgrange |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown leather and red spine, with the arms of George II. |
| Date : | 1757 |
| Title on binding: | ROMAN DE TRISTAN / ET D'ISEULT / LA BLONDE . // SECONDE PARTIE . // MUS. BRIT. / BIBL. REG. // 20 D. II. / PLUT. XIII. E. |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (2): | |
| End papers (2): |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | Details of ff. 10v, 22v, 25v. |
Bibliography
| Reference | , The Romance of the Grail. A Study of the Structure and Genesis of a Thirteenth-Century Arthurian Prose Romance (Manchester: Manchester University Press; New York: Barnes & Noble, 1966) |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'The Manuscripts', in Glyn S. Burgess and Karen Pratt (eds), The Arthur of the French: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval French and Occitan Literature (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2006), pp. 8-92 |
| Notes | pp. 72, 80 |
| Reference | , Crusader Art in the Holy Land, from the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre 1187-1291 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005) |
| Notes | p. 525 |
| Reference | , Crusader Manuscript Illumination at Saint-Jean d'Acre, 1275-1291 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1976) |
| Notes | pp. 197-8 |
| Reference | , Études sur le 'Tristan' en prose: les sources, les manuscrits, bibliographie critique (Paris: Champion, 1925) |
| Notes | pp. 49-50 |
| Reference | ., Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts in The British Museum, Vol I. (London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1883) |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , Le Tristan et le Palamède des manuscrits français du British Museum: étude critique (Christiania: Dybwad, 1905) |
| Notes | pp. 8-29 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Li romanz de Tristran et d'Iseult la b[l]onde de Cornoalle (explicit) | c. 1300 | Paris |
Related MS
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 110: |
From the same medieval collectionBoth MSS have the owner's marks of Admiral Prigent de Coëtivy. |
| London, British Library, Royal 20 D II: |
MS Part Library: British Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Royal 20 D II |
| MS Part Title: | Li romanz de Tristran et d'Iseult la b[l]onde de Cornoalle (explicit) |
| Ms Part Folios: | 314 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Middling quality parchment, with numerous stitched tears (e.g. f. 3) and small holes (f. 10), often (but by no means always) in the margins. Many folios are short at the base (e.g. ff. 21-22). The corners of leaves are in many cases folded or torn, and there are a large number of parchment repairs. Folio 2r is particularly worn, with damage to the text and initial. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Notes: | 'c. 1300' (BL Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts); 'ca 1287-1291', on art historical grounds (Folda 1976, 197); 'beginning of the XIVth cent.' (Ward 1883, 361; cf. Vinaver 1925, 49; Bogdanow 1966, 282). |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 2ra to 315rb |
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Scribe description: | A small, angular book hand in black ink, with the following characteristics: two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow); 'r' with a markedly straight bar; round 's' in final position; lack of 'v' in initial position; 3-shaped 'z'; crossed tironian 'et'. |
Folios: 2ra - 208vb
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2ra - 18ra
(§Lös. 171-Lös. 183) Tristan's adventures in Ireland, Brittany, and the Morrois (Common Version)
Images:
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18ra - 74vb
(§Lös. 184-Lös. 252a) Adventures of Tristan and Marc in Logres, and their reconciliation (Vulgate Version)
Images:
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74vb - 101vb
(§Lös. 252a-Lös. 282a) Invasion of Cornwall by the Saxons, Tristan's imprisonments, and the lovers' departure for Logres (Vulgate Version)
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102ra - 174ra
(§Lös. 338b-Lös. 386) Tournament of Louvezerp (Common Version)
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174ra - 191vb
(§Lös. 387-Lös. 398a) Pentecost of the Grail (Vulgate Version)
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192ra - 208vb
(§Lös. 457-Lös. 474) Adventures of Erec and Tristan (Vulgate Version)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
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Folios: 209ra - 315rb
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209ra - 223ra
(§Lös. 475-Lös. 493) Adventures of Erec and Tristan (Vulgate Version)
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223ra - 253vb
(§Lös. 494-Lös. 502) Adventures of the Grail 1 (Vulgate Version)
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253vb - 260rb
(§Lös. 503-Lös. 511) Adventures of Tristan and Palamedés (Common Version)
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260rb - 277vb
(§Lös. 512-Lös. 515) Adventures of the Grail 2 (Vulgate Version)
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277vb - 291vb
(§Lös. 516-Lös. 533) Marc's invasion of Logres (Vulgate Version)
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291vb - 302ra
(§Lös. 534-Lös. 551) Death of the lovers (Common Version)
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302ra - 314va
(§Lös. 552-Lös. 567) Adventures of the Grail 3 (Vulgate Version)
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314va - 315ra
(§Lös. 568-Lös. 569) Sagremor's return to Camaaloth (Version One (V.I.))
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315rb - 315rb
(§Lös. 570-Lös. 570) Epilogue (Common Version)
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