General
| Library: | British Library |
| Sheflmark: | Egerton 912 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: None |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | White leather cover kept separately. Five bosses, originally positioned in the corners and center of the front and rear plates kept in the box with the manuscript. Sixteenth-century brown, leather binding (7 chords) on wooden boards. Blind-tooled with stamps arranged in concentric quadrangles. Motifs include dragons, a two-headed eagle, a deer, a fleur-de-lys and a dog. Two clasps, missing. |
| Date : | c. 1500 to 1600 |
| Title on binding: | Le Livre / de Orose, etc. / Brit. Mus. / Egerton / 912 . // |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (3) |
| Fastening: | two clasps, missing. Leather straps pinned to the inner side of the bords. |
| Chaining: | na |
| Edges: | na |
| Front end papers (1): | One third of a vellum folio at the front. |
| End papers (1): | One modern vellum flyleaf at the back. |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le liure de Orose [rubric of the table of contents]. | c. 1400 to 1420 | Paris | na |
MS Part Library: British Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Egerton 912 |
| MS Part Title: | Le liure de Orose [rubric of the table of contents]. |
| Ms Part Folios: | 397 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Good quality vellum. Generally in good condition in the Histoire ancienne part. Upper margins in the Faits des Romains damaged. Some folios lost (cf. structure). One quire missiing after between f. 129 and f. 130. Folio 396 torn. Corner of folio 397 (with colophon or owner's mark?) cut. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1400 to 1420 |
| Notes: | Jung 1996, 343. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From to |
| Date(s): | c. 1400 |
| Scribe description: |
Folios: 1r - 397v
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1r - 9r
(§00-00) Table of Contents (N/A)
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10r - 61r
(§1-513) Genesis (Common redaction)
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61r - 64v
(§1-22) Orient I (Common redaction)
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64v - 79v
(§23-125) Thebes (Common redaction)
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79v - 82r
(§126-147) Greeks and Amazons (Common redaction)
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82r - 97r
(§1-71) Troy (Common redaction)
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97r - 114r
(§1-57) Eneas (Common redaction)
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114r - 127r
(§00-00) Rome I (Common redaction)
Includes:
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127r - 134v
(§00-00) Orient II (Common redaction)
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (12)
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134v - 160r
(§00-00) Alexander (Common redaction)
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160r - 201v
(§00-00) Rome II (Common redaction)
Includes:
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201v - 397v
(§00-00) Li Fait des Romains (N/A)
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