General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 1635 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: None |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown leather binding on pasteboard. The arms of France are gold-tooled on the front and back. The spine is decorated with arabesques (fleur-de-lys) with two 'L's intertwined,crowned. |
| Date : | c. 1800 |
| Title on binding: | Histoire d'Alexandre en vers |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | none |
| Chaining: | none |
| Edges: | na |
| Front end papers (2): | Two vellum guardleaves at the front. On the recto of the second flyleaf Prophecies of Merlin (Italian?, 14th c.?). On the verso of this folio a modern hand has added a table of contents for 49 texts contained in the manuscript (f. 1 to f. 64). |
| End papers (2): | Two vellum guardleaves at the back. Annotations on the recto and verso of the first guardleaf. |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1300 | Burgundy or Lorraine | none |
| Ci coum(en)ce / lestoire dou / roi alixandre / com(en)t il / conquist / .xii. roiaau / mes . (et) fut / sires do mo(n)de / | c. 1275 to 1300 | Burgundy or Lorraine | none |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 1635 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 84 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Medium quality vellum with few holes (f. 5) and stitches (f. 3, f. 32, f. 60). The folios are not all the same size. In many cases the edges of the skin coincide with those of the leaf (f. 36, f. 37, f. 38, f. 39, f. 40, f. 59, f. 62, f. 69, f. 70, f. 78, f. 79, f. 84). In good condition. Folio 70 is mutilated in the lower outer corner. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Notes: | Based on the script with two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment but also occurences of closed upper compartment and round 's' in final position. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f, 84vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with two-compartment 'a' the upper compartment of which is open, but also occurences of closed upper compartment. I-longa in initial position. Round 's' in final position.Litterae elongatae on the first line of the column. Abbreviations include 'p' with crossed descender, crossed tironian note. |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 1635 |
| MS Part Title: | Ci coum(en)ce / lestoire dou / roi alixandre / com(en)t il / conquist / .xii. roiaau / mes . (et) fut / sires do mo(n)de / |
| Ms Part Folios: | 97 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Medium quality vellum with a single hole (f. 98) and some stitches (f. 100, f. 161, f. 162, f. 165). Not all folios are of the same size and in many instances the edges of the skin coincide with those of the leaf or are badly cut (f. 104, f. 111, f. 112, f. 113, f. 114, f. 129, f. 130, f. 136, f. 137, f. 139, f. 143, f. 144, f. 146, f. 151, f. 152, f. 154, f. 162,f. 163, f. 164, f. 170, f. 171, f. 181) Generally in good condition, but the final folios are worn. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1275 to 1300 |
| Notes: | Harf-Lancner 2011, 211 'end of the thirteenth century'. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 85ra to f. 181vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1275 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment, some instances of closed upper compartment (double-bow 'a'). Tongued 'e', especially marked at the end of the verseline. Round 's' in final position. 3-like 'z'. Abbreviations include nasal bar, also for q(ue), apostrophe, -us abbreviation, -com abbreviation, 'p' with crossed descender, superscript vowels, crossed tironian 'et' (ampersand is used in the majuscule column). Litterae elongatae at the top and bottom of the column. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 84vb
Folios: f. 85ra - f. 180vb