General
| Library: | British Library |
| Sheflmark: | Additional 9785 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | hgrange |
Bindings
| Description: | |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | HISTOIRE / DE / TROYE. // BRIT. MUS. // ADDITIONAL / MS. / 9785. // |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (2): | Modern paper. |
| End papers (3): | Two modern paper leaves, and one paper guardleaf from an earlier binding. |
Bibliography
| Reference | La Légende de Troie en France au moyen âge (Basel; Tubingen: Francke Verlag, 1996) |
| Notes | p. 465 |
| Reference | ., Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts in The British Museum, Vol I. (London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1883) |
| Notes | I:57-8 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| La vraye ystoire de Troye (final rubric) | c. 1500 |
MS Part Library: British Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Additional 9785 |
| MS Part Title: | La vraye ystoire de Troye (final rubric) |
| Ms Part Folios: | 243 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (1) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | The tears at the top and base of f. 1 have been repaired, as have those at the corners of, e.g., ff. 36 and 216. Foxing and small stains occur throughout. Ink, particularly that of display script, shows through (and has occasionally corroded) the paper. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1500 |
| Notes: | 'vers 1500' (Jung 1996, 465). |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (5) |
| Folio(s): | From 1r to 243v |
| Date(s): | ?1475 to 1499 |
| Scribe description: | Features of this cursive hand of varying quality include: single-compartment 'a'; consistently looped ascenders; 'g' with a tail looping to the right; B- and 6-shaped round 's' in final position; open 'v' in initial position; single-stroke 'x'. |
Folios: 1r - 243v
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1r - 243v
(§na-na) Roman de Troie, Prose 1 (version commune)
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