Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 768
[Part 2]
General information
| Folios | 21 |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | c. 1300 to 1325 |
| Date notes | According to Kennedy (1980, 46) 'in a fourteenth century hand'. The frequent use of two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment and long 's' in final position, although less uncommon in Southern hands, suggests a date early on in the fourteenth century. |
| Place(s) of production | ItalyThe script has some of the characteristics of Southern textualis. The tironian 'et' is uncrossed. The limb of 'h' is very round. The ascender of 'd' is nearly horizontal. |
| First words of second recto folio | [f.178ra] Apres ceste auision . |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 199ra] pour lamor de ih(es)ucrist |
| Incipit | [f.178ra] Il prent corpus d(omi)ni (et) fet signe a boorz / que il mengue auant (et) il si fet sisa genoille / dauant lui (et) quant il fu agenoilles / li priudons li dit boorz uoiz tu ce que / ie tieng |
| Explicit | [f. 199vb] pour lamour duroi henri so(n) / seigneur qui fist lestoire trans later / de latin en francois . Si se test atant li / contes . que plus ne dit des auentures du seinc graal . / Ci fine le sant graal . (et) parole de / la mort artu . / |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | The folios are worn and damaged by damp. |
Structure
| Collation: | 1-28 36 |
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| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (13) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | none |
| General decoration: | Major subdivisions are marked by pen-decorated puzzle initials (height: 8 lines). The text is further structured by means of pen-decorated initials (height: 2 lines) alternating between red and blue with flourishings in red (blue initial) and purple (red initial). |
| Evidence of readership: | |
| Foliations description: | Modern foliation in arabic numerals in the upper right corner of the recto. The foliation is erroneous: f. 178 should be foliated '187'. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | |
| Page sampled | f. 178r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 340x244 (mm) |
| Justification | 286x203 (mm) |
| Columns | 218mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 52Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | Red ink is used only for decorated initials. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (1) |
| Folio range | From f. 178ra to f. 199vb |
| Date | c. 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Very round hand, leaning towards the right. Two-compartment 'a', the upper compartment of which is closed. Both round and straight 's' are used in final position. Southern features include the round limb of 'h', the almost horizontal shaft of 'd', the uncrossed tironian 'et'. |
| Notes | |