Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 785
Le livre de la destruccion de Troye la grant (final rubric)
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General information
| Folios | 138 |
| Folio notes: | Contains only 'Troie' Prose 1. |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | ?1400 to 1499 |
| Date notes | 'XVe siècle' (Jung 1996, 468). |
| Place(s) of production | |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 2r] omer ot son líure fait |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 138r] quil conquerroít tout le país |
| Incipit | [f. 1r] APRES CE / que jay leu / releu et pourueu / par maíntesfoíz / es líures qui sont / es aumoíres de / monseigneur / saint denís en / france , especialm(en)t / en celluí qui deuise / appartement lafaíre / de troye lagrant / je ne me puís trop / durement esmerueil / ler ne esmayer / Quant aucun preudomme nest venu auant qui / eust entrepríns a translater le latin dece en francois / Car ce seroít vne chose que voulentíers orroient / gens poures (et) ríches |
| Explicit | [f. 138r] nulz ny pourroít / riens adíouster que pour veríte deust estre tenu . // Cí fíne le líure de la destruccíon de troye / la grant . // |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
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Structure
| Collation: | 1-58 66 7-178 184 |
| Quire structure: | Chiefly quaternions. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21) |
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| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (7) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | 13 miniatures were planned (width: between half- and full-page; height: 10-16 lines). A miniature from another volume has been pasted into the space reserved for the first on f. 1r. It depicts a crowned eagle with a mouse in its beak, against a blue ground. The other spaces for miniatures (on ff. 7v, 12r, 14v, 19r, 25r, 37v, 46r, 56v, 62v, 73v, 81r, and 123r) have been left blank. |
| General decoration: | Chapters begin with flourished initials (height: 2 lines) in red or blue, with decoration in the contrasting colour. Larger puzzle initials (height: 6-8 lines) are found on ff. 73v, 81r, and 92v. |
| Evidence of readership: | In a 16th-c. hand on f. 138v: 'Vous qui avez le vent agre . et bien savez / flacter en court gardez vous bien q(ue) / le degre au dessendant ne vous soit court'. |
| Foliations description: | Modern arabic numbering in the upper right of recto sides. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Jung 1996, 468. Following a rubricated header, the opening initial of each chapter is pen-flourished (height: 2 lines), and the first one or two words are copied in display script (textualis formata). |
| Page sampled | f. 41r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 321x218 (mm) |
| Justification | 200x127 (mm) |
| Columns | 1mm between columns |
| Lines | 34Line ruling present |
| Rubrication | Tituli, line fillers. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
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Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (9) |
| Folio range | From 1r to 138r |
| Date | ?1400 to 1499 |
| Scribe description: | A French cursiva script that displays the following traits: triangular single-compartment 'a'; looped ascenders; 'g' with two horns and a tail looping to the right; 'i' longa in initial position; majuscule 'R' in initial position; B-shaped 's' in final position; closed form of 'v' in initial position; 3-shaped 'z'. The scant abbreviation marks include 'q(ue)', nasal bars, and tironian 'et'. |
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