Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 1612

Le livre dou tres noble romanz de Troies (rubric)

General information

Folios	142
Folio notes:	Contains only the 'Troie'.
Language	Language object (3)
Approx. date	?1275 to 1325
Date notes	'entre la fin du XIIIe et le début du XIVe siècle' (Vielliard 2006, 180). 'Fin du XIIIe siècle' (Constans 1912, VI:268n; cf. Jung 1996, 470).
Place(s) of production	Peloponnese The ex-libris on f. 28v perhaps includes a 'graphie grécisante' ('dek' for Latin 'decanus'), 'ce qui ne contredirait pas une origine en Morée' (Vielliard 2006, 181).
First words of second recto folio	[f. 2ra] habitees . Car par la feiblece
First words of last recto folio	[f. 142ra] (et) filles quí apres luí
Incipit	[f. 1ra] Cí comence le prologe / (et) le liure dou tres no / ble romanz de troíes / ??(et)?? de la place ??ou?? elle fu fondee / ??(et)?? coment elle fu p(re)míeremant / destruíte por lachoison de la / toison q(ue) jasons hercules ale- / rent ??querre?? en lisle de colcos / au tans dou roí laomedon q(ui) / ??pere fu?? dou roí p(ri)ant q(ui) puís / ??fist?? la cite plus bele (et) plus / fort quele nauoit este aua(n)t / ??(et) depuis?? descendire(n)t les ??grí / gois?? pour la choíson de parís / quí rauí helene par force . // LEs ancíens / sages q(ui) de / philosofie pa / lerent nous / defende(n)t / a mener nostre / vie ociouseme(n)t / (et) sanz labour . /
Explicit	[f. 142ra] En tel ma / níere q(ue) nus ni poroit rí / ens aioíndre ne amermer / que por uraie deust estre / tenue . EXPLICIT / Amen q(ue) dieuz tous nos / gart . //

Material

Material:	Material object (4)
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Structure

Collation:	1-178 186
Quire structure:	Regular quaternions, except for the final quire (a quaternion wanting its final two leaves).
Quire marks:	MSQuiremarkDisposition object (71)
Catchwords:
Catchword disposition:	MSCatchwordDisposition object (4)

Physical description

No. of illustrations:	25
General illustration:	25 historiated initials (height: 6 to 8 lines). For further details, see Jung 1996, 470-1.
General decoration:	The frame of the historiated initials extends to form borders. The one on f. 1r supports faded figures in the lower margin, including knights. Paragraphs generally begin with champie initials in gold. Between ff. 17r and 32v, and ff. 41r and 48 (i.e. quires 3, 4, 6), champie and pen-flourished initials alternate. The minor initials are two lines in height for the introduction, and three lines thereafter.
Evidence of readership:	At the base of f. 28v: 'iste liber / est mey p / hilipon dek'. A later hand has re-traced the faded text at the base of the a-column on f. 73r. Pen trials on f. 142v (mostly I Corinthians 15:9).
Foliations description:	Modern foliation in the upper right-hand corner of recto sides.

Mise en page

Description 1	Source: Jung 1996, 470.
Page sampled
Layout	MSLayout object (3)
Page dimensions	(mm)
Justification	174x130 (mm)
Columns	2 mm between columns
Lines	31
Rubrication	Rubric preceding each paragraph, except for the 'Landomata'. Red ink is also used to highlight majuscules.
Writing above top line?	False
Sample page layout:

Hand(s)

Level of Execution:	Execution object (4)
Script	Script object (1)
Folio range	From 1ra to 142ra
Date	?1275 to 1325
Scribe description:	Neatly copied southern book hand, displaying the following traits: two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow); 'e' with tongue in final position; limb of 'h' descends below baseline, ticked 'i', especially in minim group; both tall and round 's' in final position; occasional 'v' in initial position; dotted 'y'; 3-shaped 'z'. Abbreviations include 'p(ar)', 'p(or)', 'q(ue)', 'q(ui)', 'q(ua)', '(us)', '(er)', and crossed tironian 'et'.
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