Montpellier, Bibliothèque interuniversitaire, Section médecine H 251
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General information
| Folios | 242 |
| Folio notes: | The first part of the codex is missing: the first leaf was originally f. 98, suggesting loss not only of the beginning of the 'Troie' but also of another text, most likely the 'Thèbes'. A whole quaternion is missing between ff. 96 and 97. |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | ?1250 to 1299 |
| Date notes | 'deuxième moitié du XIIIe siècle' (Constans 1912, VI:17; cf. Jung 1996, 116; and Paradisi 2002, 230). |
| Place(s) of production | Île-de-France'Île de France' (Paradisi 2002, 230). |
| First words of second recto folio | |
| First words of last recto folio | |
| Incipit | [f. 1ra] Sire, fet el, se Dieu pleüst (Jung 1996, 117) |
| Explicit | |
Related MS
| 'L'emplacement des lettrines historiées dans le 'Roman de Troie' correspond exactement à celui qu'on trouve dans le manuscrit D (BN fr. 783)' (Jung 1996, 118). | |
| RelationshipType object (13) | Manuscript object (356)Manuscript object (335) |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
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Structure
| Collation: | 1-178 1810 191 20-308 |
| Quire structure: | Chiefly quaternions, though the final quire of the 'Troie' (18) is a quinion, followed by a singleton. |
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Physical description
| No. of illustrations: | 25 |
| General illustration: | Miniatures mark the beginning of the 'Eneas' and the 'Brut'. 23 historiated initials (height: 8 lines) illustrate the 'Troie', the programme bearing a striking resemblance to Paris BnF f.fr. 783. See: Jung 1996, 118-22. |
| General decoration: | The initials marking chapters of the 'Eneas' and the 'Brut' are decorated rather than historiated. |
| Evidence of readership: | |
| Foliations description: | Medieval foliation in roman numerals, beginning .lxxxxviij. (f. 1). |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Source: Jung 1996, 116. |
| Page sampled | |
| Layout | MSLayout object (4) |
| Page dimensions | 300x200 (mm) |
| Justification | 200x140 (mm) |
| Columns | 2mm between columns |
| Lines | 40 |
| Rubrication | Rubrics precede the historiated initials. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
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