Folios | None |
Language | None |
Approx. date | ?1250 to 1300 |
Date notes | The Lancelot-Graal project suggests c. 1250; Arthurian fiction has 1240 to 1260. Jonas and Digital Scriptorium date the MS to the end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th c. The writing could confirm a date c. 1250. |
Place(s) of production | The Lancelot-Graal project suggests Paris. Morrison 2010, 123 has Northern France. The writing would also point towards the Picard area. |
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Description 1 | The values for justification and intercolumn space are approximations based on the digitised folios. |
Page sampled | 3v |
Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
Page dimensions | 298x203 (mm) |
Justification | 240x145 (mm) |
Columns | 225mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
Lines | 44Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
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Writing above top line? | False |
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Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
Script | Script object (4) |
Folio range | From 1ra to 382vb |
Date | c. 1250 to 1300 |
Scribe description: | Northern textualis with two-compartment 'a', with open upper compartment and double lobe 'a', uncial 'd', 'e' with tongue, 8-shaped and Rücken-'g', the lobe of which extends below the baseline, limb of 'h' curves below the baseline, diacritic on 'i' in minim groups, 'i'-longa in final position, straight 's' in final position, round 's' at the end of the line, vertical stroke of 't' barely extends above the headstroke, no use of 'v', 3-like 'z',. Word-separation not indicated. Biting of 'd'/'b' and round 'r', 'd' and 'e'. Abbreviations include crossed tironian 'et', 'p' with crossed descender, nasal bar, 'com'-abbreviation, -'us' abbreviation, apostrophe and superscript vowels. |
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