Part of set: Additional 10292-10294
Three-volume set, the first of which (Additional 10292) has the 'Estoire', 'Merlin' and 'Suite Vulgate', the second (Additional 10293) has the 'Lancelot propre' (the opening folio is bound seperately) and the final volume has shortened versions of the 'Queste' and 'Mort Artu'.
| Library: | British Library |
| Sheflmark: | Additional 10294 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: None |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
| Description: | Red morocco binding on pasteboard, arms gold-tooled on the front and back (John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe). Floral patterns gold-tooled on the spine. |
| Date : | ?1750 to 1804 |
| Title on binding: | Recveil / de roma / de chev / de la / tabl. r. // Tom III / Svite / De Lest / de Lanc / dv lac |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | na |
| Chaining: | na |
| Edges: | gilt |
| Front end papers (2): | Two paper guardleaves at the front of the manuscript. |
| End papers (3): | Three paper guardleaves at the end of the manuscript. |
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1317 | Northern France | na |
| Shelfmark: | Additional 10294 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 95 folios |
| Page layout: |
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Fair quality vellum. Generally in good condition. Folios 95 and 96 stained (spill of liquid?). |
| Date(s): | c. 1317 |
| Notes: | On the basis of the date in February 1316 (Easter style) inscribed on the tomb depicted in the miniature on f. 55v in volume I of the manuscript. The hand (writing a Northern textualis with double-compartment 'a' the upper compartment of which is closed, type double bow 'a' and round 's' in final position) allows for a dating in the first quarter of the fourteenth century. |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 2ra to f. 96va |
| Date(s): | c. 1317 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with two-compartment 'a', the upper compartment of which is closed, type double bow 'a'. Ascenders forked or clubbed. Round 'd'. Tongued 'e' in final position. Lower lobe of 'g' closed, standing on the baseline. Limb of 'h' usually ends in a curl curving to the right. I-longa used in numerals. First minims of 'm' and 'n' often have a praescissus character, as do the descenders of 'p' and 'q'. Exclusive use of round 's' in final position, mostly 8-like in form. Use of 'v' in initial position. Abbreviations include crossed tironian note, 'p' with crossed descender, nasal bar, apostrophe, 'com' and 'us' abbreviation, superscript vowels. Many instances of biting 'or', 'de', 'po', 'pa', 'pr' 'll' ligature. |