General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 687 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: None |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown sheepskin binding on pasteboard, the imperial eagle gold-tooled on the front and back. The spine is decorated with the monogram of Napoleon, crowned, with laurel. |
| Date : | c. 1804 to 1815 |
| Title on binding: | Histoire puis / le commencement / du monde / jusqu'à la prise / de Jérusalem / par Pompée |
| Cover material: | Material object (10) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | none |
| Chaining: | none |
| Edges: | na |
| Front end papers (5): | Three paper and two vellum flyleaves at the front. The first vellum flyleaf appears to have been the ancient pastedown. |
| End papers (5): | One vellum and four paper flyleaves at the back. The vellum flyleaf appears to have been the ancient pastedown. |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | ?1400 to 1450 | France | none |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 687 |
| MS Part Title: | Part 1 |
| Ms Part Folios: | 264 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Generally fair quality vellum, some holes (e.g. f. 39, f. 50) and stitches, occasionally also in the writing space (e.g. f. 122, f. 132, f. 135, f. 201, f. 254), in good condition. Some stains (e.g. f. 4, f. 5) and folds (especially in the first folios) |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1400 to 1450 |
| Notes: | Jung 1996, 347 has fifteenth century. The script and decoration suggest an earlier rather than a later date in that century. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 0r to f. 225v |
| Date(s): | ?1400 to 1450 |
| Scribe description: | |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 225v to f. 263r |
| Date(s): | ?1400 to 1450 |
| Scribe description: | The orientation of this hand is clearly more cursive. The tituli have been noted in a smaller script. |