Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, nouv. acq. françaises 6774

Library:	Bibliothèque nationale de France
Sheflmark:	nouv. acq. françaises 6774
Information source:	Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (6)
Described by:	dschoenaers, bgutt

Description:	Brown leather binding over wooden boards. Four iron bolts on the front (the one in the lower left corner has been lost) and five on the back (four corners and centre). The fastening (two straps attached to the back with clasps on the front) has been lost, as has the cover on the spine. The quires have been sewn onto four cords.
Date :	?1300 to 1400
Title on binding:	none
Cover material:	Material object (5)
Board material:	Material object (3)
Fastening:	lost
Chaining:	none
Edges:	na
Front end papers (1):	One vellum flyleaf at the front, which has been partially torn. Annotations on the flyleaf and pastedown (French - Franco-Italian?).
End papers (1):	One vellum flyleaf at the back. Annotations in Latin (recto) and Italian (verso).

Reference	Jung, Marc-René, La Légende de Troie en France au moyen âge (Basel; Tubingen: Francke Verlag, 1996)
Notes	pp. 250-3

Title	Date	Place	Dedicatee
[Part 1]	?1350 to 1399	Italy	none

MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France

MS Part Material:	Material object (4)
Watermark:	na
Condition:	Lower grade vellum with many (large) holes (e.g. f. 6) and stitches (e.g. ff. 15, 16), also in the writing space, imperfections and instances in which the edge of the skin coincides with the edge of the folio (e.g. f. 18). Although in general the text is still easily legible, not all parts of the MS are in good condition. Parts of folios have been torn (e.g. f. 38); other folios are stained.

Date(s):	?1350 to 1399
Notes:	'deuxième moitié du XIVe siècle' (Jung 1996, 250).

Level of Execution:	Execution object (4)
Folio(s):	From 1r to 263v
Date(s):	?1300 to 1400
Scribe description:	The writing has a praescissus aspect, the upper compartment of two-compartment 'a' is open, trailing 's' in final position, tironian 'et' is not crossed (or 'et' is written in full as 'e'), no spurs and little serifs, circular lobe for 'b', shaft of 'd' is almost horizontal, 'Rücken'-g with lower lobe extending deep below the baseline. Few abbreviations among which nasal mark and 'p' with crossed descender, apostrophe, superscript vowels and -us abbreviation.

Folios: 1r - 7v
- 1r - 7v
  
  (§v. 1875-v. 2639) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
Folios: 8r - 9v
- 8r - 9v
  
  (§v. 2756-v. 2981) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
Folios: 10r - 11v
- 10r - 11v
  
  (§v. 3210-v. 3429) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
Folios: 12r - 61v
- 12r - 61v
  
  (§v. 3540-v. 9194) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
  
  Includes:
  - Nestor's army (Verse) from folio 00 to 61v
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
Folios: 62r - 62v
- 62r - 62v
  
  (§v. 9307-v. 9418) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
  
  Includes:
  - Nestor's army (Verse) from folio 62r to 62v
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
Folios: 63r - 263v
- 63r - 240v
  
  (§v. 9530-v. 30316x) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
  
  Includes:
  - Nestor's army (Verse) from folio 63r to 00,
  - Riche dame de riche rei (Verse) from folio 00 to 00,
  - Paris' grief (Verse) from folio 00 to 00
  Paratextual features:
  - ParatextualType object (10) 240v