Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 1466
[Part 1]
General information
| Folios | 104 |
| Folio notes: | Folios missing at the front of the manuscript. |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | c. 1250 to 1300 |
| Date notes | Based on the script and layout. Micha 1960, p. 175 has end of the thirteenth century. |
| Place(s) of production | Northern FranceNorthern France? Based on script and decoration. |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 2ra] gesir . come sil auoit del tout failli . fors / |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 104ra] porta (et) cil li fet tantost si que tint cil qui / |
| Incipit | [f. 1r] a toz iorz sa (com)paignie . q(ua)r nos se / rions mes toz iorz en semble (et) sa / chiez se ne fust por uos correcier ge / auoie empense a fere une chose / q(ue) ge feisse prochienem(en)t . Si ne fis / ge onq(ue)s en ma uie vilenie ne tra / hison . Mest certe feisse ge . q(ua)r poor / de mort (et) damor le me feist fere / |
| Explicit | [f. 104rb] alacort le roi artu . Mes ci en droit ne(n) / parole plus li contes de lui ne del roi / artus . ne de leur (com)paignie ancois retorne / alaseror meleagran / Ici fenist Galehot . Meleagran auoit une / seror . // |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Lower quality vellum with holes disturbing the written space (e.g. ff. 43, 44, 49, 93). The manuscript has been affected by damp at the edges, especially the first and last folios. The last folio has been damaged at the outer top corner, causing loss of text. Some stains. |
Structure
| Collation: | |
| Quire structure: | Most of the catchwords have been cut. The manuscript is too tightly bound to confidently establish the quire structure on the basis of the binding threads. One catchword survives on f. 86v. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (15) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | None. |
| General decoration: | Major parts of the narrative (often associated with 'li contes') have been marked with large pen-decorated puzzle initials (height: 8-9 lines) in red and blue with flourishings in the same colours. Further subdivisions are indicated with smaller pen-decorated initials (height: 2 lines), alternating between red and blue with flourishings in the contrasting colour. |
| Evidence of readership: | Faded annotations on f. 61r ('[...] cheualliers [...]'), 73v and 104v. Old shelmark '7545' on f. 1r. |
| Foliations description: | Modern foliation in arabic numerals in the upper right corner of the recto. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | ff. 1r-12v. |
| Page sampled | f. 2r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 290x200 (mm) |
| Justification | 201x140 (mm) |
| Columns | 212mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 40Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Red ink is exclusively used for decorated initials. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
| Description 2 | ff. 13r-92v |
| Page sampled | f. 32r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 290x200 (mm) |
| Justification | 225x148 (mm) |
| Columns | 212mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 40Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Red ink is exclusively used for decorated initials. |
| Writing above top line? | True |
| Sample page layout: | |
| Description 3 | ff. 93r-104r |
| Page sampled | f. 93r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 290x200 (mm) |
| Justification | 217x150 (mm) |
| Columns | 210mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 40Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Red ink is exclusively used for decorated initials. |
| Writing above top line? | True |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (4) |
| Folio range | From f. 1ra to f. 12vb |
| Date | c. 1250 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Small littera textualis, with double compartment 'a' the upper compartment of which is open. Predominantly straight 's' in final position, some occurences of round 's' and trailing 's'. This hand is marked by the ascenders of 'd' horizontally protruding into the margin in initial position. Word separation is marked with dashes. Litterae elongatae at the bottom line of the justification. |
| Notes | |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (4) |
| Folio range | From f. 13ra to f. 92vb |
| Date | c. 1250 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | The change in hand corresponds to a change in layout. Written more upright, no decorative litterae elongatae nor indication of word-separation. Written above top line, which might actually indicate an earlier date for this hand. |
| Notes | |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (4) |
| Folio range | From f. 93ra to f. 104rb |
| Date | c. 1250 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Again the change in hand corresponds to a (minor) change in layout. Word-separation is indicated with dashes. The 'i' is more prominently marked with a diacritic. Written above top line. |
| Notes | |