General
| Library: | British Library |
| Sheflmark: | Additional 40166 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: None |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Bound with material of diverse nature (fragments, letters, handwritten, typescript and printed) in a modern, early 20th c. binding). A full list of the volumes contents may be consulted in the British Library's online Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts (http://searcharchives.bl.uk/). vol IV. c. v. 27900, not listed by Jung. |
| Date : | 1928 |
| Title on binding: | Miscellaneous / Fragments, / Letters / and Papers |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | na |
| Chaining: | na |
| Edges: | na |
| Front end papers (2): | Two paper guardleaves at the front. |
| End papers (3): | Three paper guardleaves at the back. |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | ?1350 to 1450 | na |
MS Part Library: British Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Additional 40166 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 1 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Badly damaged. The recto side is still fairly legible. The fragment was torn in the middle. In each column 11 to 17 verse-lines are missing, exactly where the damage occurs. These gaps have been obscured by restoration, which has placed both halves together, not paying attention to the gap. Additional holes occur in the b-column of the recto (a-column of the verso). On the verso side, the writing has faded to the point that most of the text has become illegible. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1350 to 1450 |
| Notes: | The Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts has '14th c.'. The hand, a fully developed littera cursiva may point towards the later 14th c. or early 15th. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 1vb |
| Date(s): | ?1350 to 1450 |
| Scribe description: | Littera cursiva, libraria to currens level of execution. With one-compartment 'a', looped ascenders and straight 's' and 'f' descending below the baseline. Looped 'd', tail of 'g' not closed, 6-like round 's' in final position, 'u' and 'v' start in a horizontal curve above the letter in initial position. Abbreviations include nasal bar, 'p' with crossed descender and superscript vowels ('i'). |
Folios: 61ra - 61vb
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61ra - 61vb
(§v. 27880-v. 28141) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
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