Chicago, Newberry Library, f 21 (Ry.34, 12261)
Part of set: Chicago f. 21 and Arsenal 3347
According to the Lancelot-Graal project these MSS were manufactured by the same professionals and are probably parts of the same set.
General
| Library: | Newberry Library |
| Sheflmark: | f 21 (Ry.34, 12261) |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (6) Segmentation: InformationSource object (6) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Red morocco binding. Chain mark visible on f. 1. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | None |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (None): | On the front pastedown, on a rectangular label '5136' referring to the entry of the MS in the catalogue of the library of Pierre-Antoine Bolongaro-Crevenna. On this pastedown, also the bookplate of George Folliot. Purchased from his estate by Bernard Quaritch in 1930, resold to the Newberry Library in 1939. (Saenger 1939, 37) |
| End papers (4): | Four endpapers at the back. On the fourth flyleaf 'v4004', shelfmark in the library of La Vallière. On the same folio, old library shelfmark 'c. v. 29'. (Saenger 1989, 37) |
Bibliography
| Reference | , A Catalogue of the Pre-1500 western manuscript Books at the Newberry Library (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1989) |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , The Middle Dutch Prose Lancelot(Amsterdam/Oxford/New York: Noord Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1987) |
| Notes | |
| Reference | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | ': Répertoire des textes et des manuscrits médiévaux d'oc et d'oïl', (IRHT, 1998-2013) <http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | 'Arthurian Fiction in Medieval Europe: Narratives and Manuscripts', (2012) <http://www.arthurianfiction.org> |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1250 | Paris |
MS Part Library: Newberry Library
General
| Shelfmark: | f 21 (Ry.34, 12261) |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 354 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | The image on f. 1r is severely damaged. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1250 |
| Notes: | Date suggested by the Lancelot-Graal project. Arthurian Fiction has 1240 to 1260. Jonas suggests c. 1300. Saenger 1989, 37 dates the MS to c. 1300, the segments ff. 1-48 and 128-354 possibly somewhat earlier. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 354rb |
| Date(s): | c. 1250 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Written by two scribes. Saenger 1989, 37 notes that the first hand occurs in ff. 1-48, 128-354, which he characterizes as an early gothic textualis media. The second hand has copied ff. 49-127, and according to Saenger is later and more angular. This strengthens the impression that this second part was added at a later date. |
Folios: 1ra - 354rb
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1ra - 00
(§Ia-LXXIa) Lancelot's childhood and adolescence to his installation as a knight of the Round Table (Single redaction)
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00 - 00
(§I-XXXV) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (unconfirmed)
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00 - 00
(§XXXVI-XLII) Conte de la Charette (unconfirmed)
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00 - 354r
(§XLIII-LXIX) Suites de la Charette (long cyclic version)
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