Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale, O.33
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General information
| Folios | 136 |
| Folio notes: | ff. 2ra-137rb: Prose 3 of the Troie, including Landomata (ff. 136ra-137rb). |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | ?1400 to 1499 |
| Date notes | 'XVe siècle' (Vielliard 1988, 504; cf. Jung 1996, 500). |
| Place(s) of production | Normandy |
| First words of second recto folio | |
| First words of last recto folio | |
| Incipit | [f. 2ra] Raison et droitture, puis que souvent en sommes en matere, que nous disions la cause et la raison pourquoy Troye la grant fu destruitte (Vielliard 1988, 506) |
| Explicit | [f. 137rb] Cy vous ay maintenant menee affin la vroye histoire de Landomatha, filz de Hector de Troye. Icy fenist l'istoire de Landomatha, filz de Hector de Troyes. (Vielliard 1988, 508) |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
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| Condition: | |
Structure
| Collation: | 1-168 178? |
| Quire structure: | Quaternions for the most part. |
| Quire marks: | |
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| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (4) |
Physical description
| No. of illustrations: | 1 |
| General illustration: | One miniature on f. 2ra, depicting Hercules and Jason aboard the Argo. |
| General decoration: | The text of the 'Troie' opens on f. 2ra with a gold initial against a blue and red ground. Subsequent paragraphs are marked by initials (height: 2 lines), alternating blue and red, with flourishing in the contrasting colour. |
| Evidence of readership: | Marginal drawings, especially of sirens and male figures, e.g. ff. 50, 70. f. 76, in a 15th-c. hand: 'Le livre apartien a Nicollas Ouyn demourant Rouen a la rue Escueve' (Vielliard 1988, 505). f. 135vb, after the explicit to the 'Troie' proper, the arms and motto of Antoine de Marest d'Alge, dated 1595 (Vielliard 1988, 505). f. 2r: 'Monasterii Fiscanensis 136' (Vielliard 1988, 505). |
| Foliations description: | Modern foliation in pencil. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Source: Vielliard 1988, 504. |
| Page sampled | |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 250x175 (mm) |
| Justification | 180x130 (mm) |
| Columns | 2mm between columns |
| Lines | 31 |
| Rubrication | |
| Writing above top line? | False |
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Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (3) |
| Script | Script object (7) |
| Folio range | From 2ra to 137rb |
| Date | ?1400 to 1499 |
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| Notes | |
Provenance
| Description | Antoine de Marest seems to have acquired the MS from Fécamp Abbey (Vielliard 1988, 505). | |
| Date | ?1550 to 1595 | |
| Place | Place object (157) | |
| Description | Ownership mark of Nicolas Ouyn, 'demourant a Rouen', on f. 76r. | |
| Date | ?1400 to 1499 | |
| Place | Place object (118) | |
| Description | Arms and motto of Antoine de Marest d'Alge, dated 1595. | |
| Date | 1595 | |
| Place | Place object (157) | |
| Ownership | Person object (110) | |