General
| Library: | Bibliothèque municipale |
| Sheflmark: | 861 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
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Bindings
| Description: | The binding is in poor condition. The title on the spine, which seems to have a grammatical error, is almost effaced. The paper cover is marbled. |
| Date : | ?1880 to 1910 |
| Title on binding: | Histoire de la siege de Troie |
| Cover material: | Material object (1) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (1): | Written on the recto of the front paper in an 18th- c hand: ‘Histoire du Siège de Troye Ce manuscrit est de 1298 –il paroit qu’il a eté fait à padoüe par jéan de Stennis, ou par hungar de hodes de perouge detenu en prison, La note en fonds qui est à la fin du livre est fort obscure.’ |
| End papers (1): |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le liure de l'estoire de troie (title taken from the explicit) | 1298 | Padua |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque municipale
General
| Shelfmark: | 861 |
| MS Part Title: | Le liure de l'estoire de troie (title taken from the explicit) |
| Ms Part Folios: | 132 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | The condition is middling. Whereas the text has by and large been well-preserved, some pages are effaced or damaged. There is some fraying due to mice at the bottom right hand corner of the MS for the last 3/4 of the volume and there is some water damage on some folios. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | 1298 |
| Notes: | The inscription on f. 132r gives the date in which the MS was completed. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (3) |
| Folio(s): | From 1 to 132 |
| Date(s): | 1298 |
| Scribe description: | The hand is exceptionally clear hand. There are relatively few abbreviations, mainly for nasal vowels and consonants. Straight ascenders; clearly formed ‘r’. Clearly distinguished ‘s’ and ‘f’ |