General
| Library: | Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal |
| Sheflmark: | 3340 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (6) |
| Described by: | bburgwinkle, bgutt, hgrange |
Bindings
| Description: | Red morocco binding, with gold-tooling. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | None |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers : | |
| End papers : |
Bibliography
| Reference | La Légende de Troie en France au moyen âge (Basel; Tubingen: Francke Verlag, 1996) |
| Notes | pp. 134-9 |
| Reference | Le Roman de Troie par Benoît de Sainte-Maure, ed. Constans, Léopold, 6 vols (Paris: SATF, 1904-12) |
| Notes | VI:24-5 |
| Reference | , 'Amadas et Ydoine and Erec et Enide: Reuniting Membra disjecta from Early Old French Manuscripts', Viator, 18 (1987), 227-51 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | et al., Album de manuscrits français du XIIIe siècle: Mise en page et mise en texte (Rome: Viella, 2001) |
| Notes | pp. 3-5 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Historia Troiana (supplied title). Binding reads 'Siège de Troyes' | 6-1237 | {unspecified} |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal
General
| Shelfmark: | 3340 |
| MS Part Title: | Historia Troiana (supplied title). Binding reads 'Siège de Troyes' |
| Ms Part Folios: | 189 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | The lower part of ff. 43, 54, 61, 66, 80, 96, 101, 106, 114, 127, 130 has been cut. F. 108 is discoloured, as are residually ff. 107 and 109. Same for f. 110 and those surrounding. F. 105 has a hole measuring 10 mm. in the bottom central margin. Ff. 110, 120 and 123 have holes, as does 113, which has been sewn and repaired. The hole in f. 121 obscures a few words. F. 138 has a corner rip. Ff. 181, 186 and 189 all have small holes. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | 6-1237 |
| Notes: | The colophon on f. 189v, in the same hand as the script, reads: 'Il fu fait an l'an de mil et deus C et XXXVII anz et aparsuit ou mois de jugn' (Jung 1996, 134). |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 189vb |
| Date(s): | None |
| Scribe description: | Mid-sized northern book hand with angular ductus. Traits include: two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow), round 'r' only after 'o', both tall and round 's' in final position, both 'u' and 'v' in initial position. Majuscule forms occur in end-line position in order to fill space. The numerous abbreviations include superscript vowels, (us), crossed tironian 'et'. |
Folios: 1ra - 189vb
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1ra - 189vb
(§v. 1-v. 30316) Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie (N/A)
Includes:
- Nestor's army (Verse) from folio 00 to 00,
- Death of Boetes and Archilogus (Verse) from folio 00 to 00,
- Riche dame de riche rei (Verse) from folio 00 to 00,
- Alabaster Chamber (Verse) from folio 00 to 00,
- Paris' grief (Verse) from folio 00 to 00
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (16) 84v
Related or similar
- FssToMSRelationshipType object (3): Priam's third daughter is called 'Creusa' (Jung 1996, 137).
Shared by:
- Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 3340
- London, British Library, Additional 30863
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