Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds latin 6002
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General information
| Folios | 4 |
| Folio notes: | Four folios taken from the same manuscript and reused as guardleaves. |
| Language | Language object (48) |
| Approx. date | ?1275 to 1300 |
| Date notes | Avril 1984, p. 38, end of the 13th c. |
| Place(s) of production | Genoa |
| First words of second recto folio | |
| First words of last recto folio | |
| Incipit | |
| Explicit | |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Medium quality vellum, worn and torn at the edges. |
Structure
| Collation: | |
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| Quire marks: | |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | |
Physical description
| No. of illustrations: | 1 |
| General illustration: | Historiated initial representing the VIIIth battle between the Greeks and Trojans. The illustrator is probably the same as the first artist of Paris BnF f.fr. 760 and 9865. The composition is related to images in these manuscripts and also Paris BnF f.fr. 354 and n.a.f. 9603. (Avril 1984, 38). |
| General decoration: | Pen-flourished initials (height: 2 lines), alternating between red and blue with decoration in the contrasting colour, by the same hand as those in Paris BnF n.a.l. 669, manufactured in Genoa and the mss Paris BnF f.fr. 1142, 2631 and 23082. (Avril 1984, 38). |
| Evidence of readership: | Part of the library of William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, where the manuscript had the shelfmark '17'. Sold in London in November 1687 to M. Frasier. (Avril 1984, 38). |
| Foliations description: | |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | |
| Page sampled | f. 1ra |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 333x225 (mm) |
| Justification | 222x170 (mm) |
| Columns | 212mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (9) (RulingMaterials object (7) ) |
| Lines | 42Line ruling present in Colours object (9) (RulingMaterials object (7) ) |
| Rubrication | Red ink is only used for decorated initials. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (1) |
| Folio range | From f. 1ra to f. 4vb |
| Date | c. 1275 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | |
| Notes | |