Strasbourg, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, 0. 350
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General information
Folios | 4 |
Folio notes: | Two bifolia preserving fragments of the 'Troie'. |
Language | Language object (43) |
Approx. date | ?1250 to 1299 |
Date notes | 'des 13. Jahrh.' (List 1886, 285; cf. Constans 1912, VI:65, and Jung 1996, 329). Perhaps third quarter on palaeographical grounds (crossed tironian 'et', mostly tall 's' in final position, initial 'u'). |
Place(s) of production | |
First words of second recto folio | |
First words of last recto folio | |
Incipit | [f. 1ra] C edit (et) conte li actors / Q uel nauoient míe seignors |
Explicit | [f. 4vb] T helemac(us) . retínt le(m)píre / A pres samort fu de tot síre / C oronez fu ag(ra)nt hautece // |
Material
Material: | Material object (4) |
Watermark: | |
Condition: | The second bifolium is cropped at the base, with loss of text. Ink has rubbed in places, rendering some text illegible. |
Structure
Collation: | |
Quire structure: | Two bifolia. The first would originally have contained two further bifolia. |
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Physical description
General illustration: | |
General decoration: | Pen-flourished initials (height: 2 lines) alternate red and blue, with decoration in a contrasting colour. |
Evidence of readership: | Pen trials in 15th-c. hand. |
Foliations description: | Modern numbering in the upper right-hand corner of recto sides. |
Mise en page
Description 1 | Source: Jung 1996, 329. |
Page sampled | |
Layout | MSLayout object (4) |
Page dimensions | 213x195 (mm) |
Justification | 185x124 (mm) |
Columns | 2mm between columns |
Lines | 30 |
Rubrication | |
Writing above top line? | False |
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Hand(s)
Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
Script | Script object (4) |
Folio range | From 1ra to 4vb |
Date | ?1250 to 1275 |
Scribe description: | Small, irregular northern textualis in black ink. Characteristics include: two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow); limb of 'h' turning to the right; ticks to distinguish 'i' from other minims; 'l' formed with an undulating stroke; round 'r' used only rarely (after 'o' and 'p'); tall 's' predominant in final position; 'u' in initial position; 3-shaped 'z'. Abbreviations include nasal bars, superscript vowels, 'est', and crossed tironian 'et'. |
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