Folios | 115 |
Language | Language object (44) |
Approx. date | c. 1450 |
Date notes | 'vers 1450-1455', on art historical grounds (Gil 2002, 157); 'XVe siècle' (Knapen 1997, 34). |
Place(s) of production | Arras, Cambrai'Arras ou Cambrai' (Gil 2002, 155). Picard orthographical traits. |
First words of second recto folio | |
First words of last recto folio | |
Incipit | [f. 1ra] Chy commenche le prologue et le livre du tres noble rommant de troies et de la place ou elle fu fondée et comment elle fu premierement destruite par locoison de la toison que Jason et Hercules alerent conquerre en lisle de colcos... (Knapen 1997, 33) |
Explicit | [f. 115v] Et ie le translatay de latin en roman et franchois. Et par droit compte selon ce que ie lay trouve... explicit. (Knape 1997, 33) |
Material: | Material object (1) |
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Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21) |
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Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (12) |
No. of illustrations: | 79 |
General illustration: | This MS is 'le seul exemplaire de 'prose 1' à posséder un cycle d'illustrations aussi important' (Gil 2002, 259). The illustrations are the work of the Master of the Paule Beye Missal, who apparently drew on both French and Italian iconographical sources. See Gil 2002 for further details. |
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Description 1 | Source: Knapen 1997, 34. |
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Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
Page dimensions | 320x215 (mm) |
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Columns | 2mm between columns |
Lines | 36 |
Rubrication | Chapter headings. |
Writing above top line? | False |
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Level of Execution: | Execution object (3) |
Script | Script object (7) |
Folio range | From 1r to 151v |
Date | c. 1450 |
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