Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 790

General

Library:	Bibliothèque nationale de France
Sheflmark:	fonds français 790
Information source:	Physical description: InformationSource object (4) Segmentation: None
Described by:	astuart

Bindings

Description:	Information on outer binding (not on endpapers) taken from Donkin 1980, 18.
Date :	None
Title on binding:	Romans d'Alexand
Cover material:	Material object (6)
Board material:	None
Fastening:
Chaining:
Edges:	Gilt
Front end papers (6):	i verso: pasted down. In the top-left hand corner is writeen 'Mnscrit J. P. G. Chatre de Cange'' in the top centre is the current classmark (FR. 790). Underneath the current classmark is written 'Cangé no 11 bis'. ii recto: blank ii verso: blank iii-iv, recto and verso - two folios by cangé with notes on the ms (though iv verso is blank). These are smaller than the main folios, and it is unclear whether they are bound into the ms or are loose and have simply been photographed along with it. v recto - a heavily annotated page with many notes and transcriptions (presumably by Cangé). In the centre of the page is written 'ROUMANS D'ALEXANDRE Composé Par Alixandre de Paris né a Bernay (et) Lambers li Cort vers de Chastiaudun Suiui de la Vengeance d'Alexandre Composée par Jean le Niuelois'. Under this 'Cangé no 11 bis' is written. v verso-vi recto - Table of Contents and annotations (also by Cangé?) vi verso - blank
End papers (1):	On the verso of the final leaf (i.e. that preceding and facing the recto of the endpaper) are various pen-trials and doodles in Latin and French (including 'France la belle...', an elaborately drawn 'Amen Alleluya', etc.). There is then a blank endpaper.

Bibliography

Reference	Donkin, Enid, Jean Brisebarre: ‘Li Restor du Paon’ (London: The Modern Humanities Research Association, 1980)
Notes
Reference	The Medieval French 'Roman d’Alexandre', ed. Armstrong, Edward C., et al., 7 vols (Paris: Les Presses Universitaires de France; Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1937-1955)
Notes
Reference	Meyer, Paul, 'Etude sur les manuscrits du Roman d'Alexandre', Romania, 11 (1882), 213-332
Notes

MS Parts

Title	Date	Place
[MS Part 1]	c. 1350	{unspecified}
[MS Part 2]	1724 to 1746	{unspecified}
[MS Part 3]	c. 1350	{unspecified}

Folio sequence

Folios: 1ra - 186.2vb
- 1ra - 2rb
  
  (§I,1-I,4) Branch I. From Alexander's birth to the taking of Trage (alpha)
- 2rb - 2rb
  
  (§I,4.1-I,4.1) Branch I. From Alexander's birth to the taking of Trage (alpha)
- 2rb - 8ra
  
  (§I,5-I,50) Branch I. From Alexander's birth to the taking of Trage (alpha)
- 8ra - 8ra
  
  (§I,51Q-1,51Q) Unique stanza to MS Q (N/A)
- 8ra - 17va
  
  (§I,52-I,128) Branch I. From Alexander's birth to the taking of Trage (alpha)
- 21va - 25va
  
  (§I,129-I,157) Branch I. Siege of Tyre (alpha)
- 21va - 25va
  
  (§II,a1-II,a29) Branch II. Fuerre de Gadres (alpha-redaction) (alpha)
- 25va - 27ra
  
  (§II,b31-II,b38) Branch II. Fuerre de Gadres (beta-redaction) (beta)
- 27ra - 27va
  
  (§II,b54-II,b54) Branch II. Fuerre de Gadres (beta-redaction) (beta)
- 27va - 30rb
  
  (§II,b39-II,b53) Branch II. Fuerre de Gadres (beta-redaction) (beta)
  
  Paratextual features:
  - ParatextualType object (14)
- 30rb - 34ra
  
  (§II,b55-II,b78) Branch II. Fuerre de Gadres (beta-redaction) (beta)
- 34ra - 34ra
  
  (§II,b30-II,b30) Branch II. Fuerre de Gadres (beta-redaction) (beta)
- 34ra - 42ra
  
  (§II,b79-II,b113) Branch II. Fuerre de Gadres (beta-redaction) (beta)
  
  Paratextual features:
  - ParatextualType object (14)
- 42ra - 45vb
  
  (§II,a76-II,a109) Branch II. Fuerre de Gadres (alpha-redaction) (alpha)
- 45vb - 50ra
  
  (§II,a110-II,a149) Branch II. Fuerre de Gadres (alpha-redaction) (alpha)
  
  Paratextual features:
  - ParatextualType object (14)
- 50ra - 50vb
  
  (§III,2-III,5) Branch III. Alexander in the Orient (alpha)
- 50vb - 51ra
  
  (§III,5.1-III,5.2) Branch III. Counsel of Aristotle (III,5.1-III,5.2) (alpha)
- 51ra - 51ra
  
  (§III,5.4-III,5.4) Branch III. Extra stanza (III,5.4) (alpha)
- 51ra - 51rb
  
  (§III,5.5-III,5.5) Branch III. Introduction to stanza III,6-III,8 (III,5.5) (alpha)
- 51rb - 55ra
  
  (§III,6-III,38) Branch III. Alexander in the Orient (alpha)
- 55ra - 55rb
  
  (§III,38.1-III,38.1) Branch III. Shortened version of stanza III, 41 (III,38.1) (alpha)
- 55rb - 58va
  
  (§III,39-III,76) Branch III. Alexander in the Orient (alpha)
  
  Paratextual features:
  - ParatextualType object (14) 55rb
  - ParatextualType object (14) 56ra
  - ParatextualType object (8) 56ra
- 58va - 63ra
  
  (§III,78-III,117) Branch III. Alexander in the Orient (alpha)
- 63ra - 65rb
  
  (§III,120-III,143) Branch III. Alexander in the Orient (alpha)
- 65rb - 65rb
  
  (§III,143.1-III,143.1) Branch III. Condensed variant of stanza III, 143, battle of the elephants (III,143.1) (alpha)
- 65rb - 67ra
  
  (§III,144-III,155, line 2669) Branch III. Alexander in the Orient (alpha)
- 67ra - 67rb
  
  (§III,156-III,158) Branch III. Alexander in the Orient (alpha)
- 67rb - 67va
  
  (§III,155, line 2670-III,155, line 2704) Branch III. Alexander in the Orient (alpha)
- 67va - 71rb
  
  (§III,160-III,191) Branch III. Alexander in the Orient (alpha)
- 71rb - 71va
  
  (§III,191.1-III,191.3) Branch III. Expansion of the episode with a rehash of the submarine adventure in stanza III, 18-29 (III,191.1-III,191.3) (alpha)
- 71va - 73va
  
  (§III,194-III,204) Branch III. Alexander in the Orient (alpha)
- 73ra - 77rb
  
  (§III,206-III,238) Branch III. Alexander in the Orient (alpha)
- 77rb - 98vb
  
  (§III,240-III,457) Branch III. Alexander in the Orient (alpha)
  
  Paratextual features:
  - ParatextualType object (14) 78rb
  - ParatextualType object (14) 85ra
- 99ra - 107va
  
  (§Prise de Defur,1-Prise de Defur,46) Prise de Defur (N/A)
- 107va - 163rb
  
  (§Voeux du Paon-Voeux du Paon) Voeux du Paon (N/A)
- 163rb - 165va
  
  (§Prise de Defur, 47-Prise de Defur, 58) Prise de Defur (N/A)
- 165va - 168vb
  
  (§Voyage au Paradis Terrestre-Voyage au Paradis Terrestre) Voyage au Paradis Terrestre (N/A)
- 168vb - 169rb
  
  (§IV,1-IV,5) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 169rb - 169rb
  
  (§IV,8-IV,8) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 169rb - 169va
  
  (§IV,6-IV,7) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 169va - 169vb
  
  (§IV,9-IV,10) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 169vb - 169vb
  
  (§IV,14-IV,14) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- IV,11 - IV,13
  
  (§169vb-170rb) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 170rb - 170va
  
  (§IV,16-IV,17) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 170va - 170va
  
  (§IV,15-IV,15) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 170va - 171ra
  
  (§IV,18-IV,19) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 171ra - 171ra
  
  (§IV,27.1-IV,27.1) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 171ra - 171rb
  
  (§IV,20-IV,21) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 171rb - 171vb
  
  (§IV,23-IV,26) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 171vb - 171vb
  
  (§IV,26.1-IV,26.1) Branch IV. Bequest of Greece to Antigonus (IV,26.1) (AHIJKLMNOQS)
- 171vb - 172ra
  
  (§IV,27-IV,28) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- IV,22 - IV,22
  
  (§172ra-172ra) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 172ra - 172ra
  
  (§IV,30-IV,30) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 172ra - 172rb
  
  (§IV,29-IV,29) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 172rb - 172va
  
  (§IV,36-IV,37) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 172va - 173rb
  
  (§IV,39-IV,48) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
  
  Paratextual features:
  - ParatextualType object (14) 172va
- 173rb - 173va
  
  (§IV,49.1-IV,49.1) Branch IV. Lament by Eneise (IV,49.1) (common version)
- 173va - 173va
  
  (§IV,31-IV,32) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 173va - 173vb
  
  (§IV,31-IV,32) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 173vb - 174vb
  
  (§IV,51-IV,52) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 174vb - 175ra
  
  (§IV,35-IV,35) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 175ra - 175rb
  
  (§IV,38-IV,38) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 175rb - 176rb
  
  (§IV,53-IV,56) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 176rb - 176va
  
  (§IV,50-IV,50) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 176va - 177ra
  
  (§IV,57-IV,58) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 177ra - 177rb
  
  (§IV,58.6-IV,58.6) Branch IV. Laments by Antiochus and Aristé (IV,58.5-IV,58.6) (HIJKMNOQS)
- 177rb - 177va
  
  (§IV,58.5-IV,58.5) Branch IV. Laments by Antiochus and Aristé (IV,58.5-IV,58.6) (common version)
- 177va - 178ra
  
  (§IV,59-IV,60) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
  
  Paratextual features:
  - ParatextualType object (14) 177vb
  - ParatextualType object (8)
- 178ra - 178ra
  
  (§IV,60.1-IV,60.1) Branch IV. The twelve pairs mourn Alexander (IV,60.1) (common version)
- 178ra - 179rb
  
  (§IV,61-IV,74) Branch IV. Alexander's death and burial (common version)
- 179va - 186.2vb
  
  (§Venjance Alixandre-Venjance Alixandre ) Venjance Alixandre (Jean le Nevelon) (N/A)
Folios: 187ra - 187vb
- 187ra - 187vb
  
  (§Venjance Alixandre-Venjance Alixandre) Venjance Alixandre (Jean le Nevelon) (N/A)
Folios: 188ra - 189vb
- 188ra - 189vb
  
  (§Venjance Alixandre-Venjance Alixandre) Venjance Alixandre (Jean le Nevelon) (N/A)
Folios: 190ra - 190vb
- 190ra - 190vb
  
  (§Venjance Alixandre-Venjance Alixandre) Venjance Alixandre (Jean le Nevelon) (N/A)
Folios: 191ra - 191va
- 191ra - 191va
  
  (§Venjance Alixandre-Venjance Alixandre) Venjance Alixandre (Jean le Nevelon) (N/A)
Folios: 192ra - 199rb
- 192ra - 199rb
  
  (§Restor du Paon-Restor du Paon) Restor du Paon (N/A)

Shelfmark:	fonds français 790
MS Part Title:	[MS Part 1]
Ms Part Folios:	None folios
Page layout:

MS Part Material:	Material object (4)
Watermark:	na
Condition:	Ff. 178-191 have been folded in half vertically and the crease is visible. All of the original f. 187 is missing except for a small section of the top of the ra and the vb. The original f. 190 is also missing. Cangé has replaced both folios with transcriptions of the relevant sections. The bottom outside corner of f. 162 is also missing.

Date(s):	c. 1350
Notes:	Meyer 1882, 301 estimates that this MS Part dates from around the mid-14th century.

Level of Execution:	Execution object (4)
Folio(s):	From 1ra to 191va
Date(s):	None
Scribe description:

Shelfmark:	fonds français 790
MS Part Title:	[MS Part 2]
Ms Part Folios:	2 folios
Page layout:

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 790

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Folio sequence

Folios: 1ra - 186.2vb

1ra - 2rb

2rb - 2rb

2rb - 8ra

8ra - 8ra

8ra - 17va

21va - 25va

21va - 25va

25va - 27ra

27ra - 27va

27va - 30rb

Paratextual features:

30rb - 34ra

34ra - 34ra

34ra - 42ra

Paratextual features:

42ra - 45vb

45vb - 50ra

Paratextual features:

50ra - 50vb

50vb - 51ra

51ra - 51ra

51ra - 51rb

51rb - 55ra

55ra - 55rb

55rb - 58va

Paratextual features:

58va - 63ra

63ra - 65rb

65rb - 65rb

65rb - 67ra

67ra - 67rb

67rb - 67va

67va - 71rb

71rb - 71va

71va - 73va

73ra - 77rb

77rb - 98vb

Paratextual features:

99ra - 107va

107va - 163rb

163rb - 165va

165va - 168vb

168vb - 169rb

169rb - 169rb

169rb - 169va

169va - 169vb

169vb - 169vb

IV,11 - IV,13

170rb - 170va

170va - 170va

170va - 171ra

171ra - 171ra

171ra - 171rb

171rb - 171vb

171vb - 171vb

171vb - 172ra

IV,22 - IV,22

172ra - 172ra