Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, 446 E
Le livre de monseignor Tristan (rubric)
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General information
| Folios | 1281 frontend papers1 backend papers |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | ?1280 to 1310 |
| Date notes | Cigni 2012, 258; Delcorno Branca 1998, 51. Above dates acc. Delcorno Branca. |
| Place(s) of production | Genoa-PisaGenoa-Pisa (Cigni 2012, 258; Delcorno Branca 1998, 51); Genoa (Avril - Gousset 1984); Naples (Degenhart - Schmitt 1980, 226 n. 676). |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 2r] chacier (et) senrepairoit a poi deco(m) / paignie (et) senaloit aun chastel / qi pres diluec estoir. Et la ou il / cheuauchoit en tel maniere de / sus la riuiere. Il ap(er)coit dela fosse / ou li Roys apollo estoit enterres. / |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 127ra] Je ??si?? faisnais. Je uos puis bien / ??rendre?? mes armes (et) Je le uos ret(??). / Et que en diroie ie uos rent ma / ch(evale)rie touz feitz (et) toute p(ro)esces (et)/ toz hardement mestuet desormes laissier q(ue) les lais (et) outre mon gre. / Qar force de mort le me fait faire |
| Incipit | [f. 1r] Ceste livre est apelles le li / ure de mo(n)seignor Trist(a)n le filz leRoy melyadus de leono / is (et) q(ui) com(men)ce premierema(n)t de la / naissa(n)ce (et) q??(ue)?? puis ap(re)s de ses ch(evale)ries. / et ses grant meruoilles qil fist / ta(n)t co(m) il vesqui q(ui) com(men)ce ensit. / EN CE/ STE / PAR/ TIE / DIT / LI CONT / ES Q / E TA / NT D/ EMO / ra li Rois Apollo ala cort li Roi(s)/ Cloudex com il li plot. |
| Explicit | [f. 127rb] Et puis dit tot / emplorant . Huimais vos ??coma(n)t?? / ie adieu qe ie ie ne ues puis ??plus?? / regarder lecuer me crieue de dolors /(et) puis redit a sagremor. Huim / es porres prendre mes armes. Je uos baill mon ??...?? (et) ma arme. / Enleu demoy les honores se vos / onq(ue)s .T. (ristan) amastes qant uos serez / a kamaalot . Entes les metre en [f. 127v. illegible.] |
Related MS
| Numerous codicological and iconographical similarities (Delcorno Branca 1998, 59). | |
| RelationshipType object (7) | Manuscript object (388)Manuscript object (129)Manuscript object (390)Manuscript object (422)Manuscript object (433)Manuscript object (396)Manuscript object (389) |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | All high quality vellum, with usual variations in thickness, neatly cut and edged. |
Structure
| Collation: | 18-1 2-168 Acc. dossier, however, final quire is in disarray, with the correct order being ff. 120, 122, 126, 123, 124, 121, 125, 127. |
| Quire structure: | Apart from last quire, all are regular quaternions. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (9) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (4) |
Physical description
| General description: | For the most part well-preserved, although illustrations are slightly worn, especially when in the lower corner of the folio. |
| No. of illustrations: | 41 |
| General illustration: | Large number of large bas-de-page illustrations appropriate to particular moments in the narrative. Some very worn, but gilding still evident. |
| General decoration: | A few large initials with paisley decorated champs. Otherwise minimal. |
| Evidence of readership: | No marginalia. |
| Foliations description: | One continuous modern pencil foliation, upper-right corner, recto. Occasional older (19th-c.) foliation in ink, also top right. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | |
| Page sampled | f. 12r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 376x244 (mm) |
| Justification | 257x158 (mm) |
| Columns | 215mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 40Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | none |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (1) |
| Folio range | From f. 1r to f. 127v |
| Date | ?1280 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Particularities: two-compartment 'a'; horizontal riser to 'd'; 'f' and long 's' do not extend below the line. Fusions throughout: 'an' among others. Nota tironiana much used. 'Tristan' often abbreviated to ‘.T.’ in the text itself (e.g. f. 11va). |
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