General
| Library: | British Library |
| Sheflmark: | Harley 4419 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (6) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown leather binding on six cords, decorative frame and coat of arms of Nicolas-Joseph Foucault gold-tooled on the front and back. |
| Date : | c. 1650 to 1720 |
| Title on binding: | Partie / du roman du Lancelot / du Lac.”; 2/3 “Mus. Brit. / Bibl. / Harleian”; 3/4 “4419 / Plut. / LXX. F. |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (1): | One guardleaf at the front of the MS. On the pastedown at the front: bookplate “Ex bibibliotheca / Nicolai Joseph Foucault / Comitis Consistoriani”. On the recto of the guardleaf, old shelfmarks: '128 B 17' (17th c?), '4419' and note '8/VI E'. On the verso, in pencil, modern note 'This volume contains a portion of the Romance of Lancelot Beginning f. CXLIV col .I. vol .i. of ed. 4to. 1513 and ending f. cxx. col. .I. of the same edition JB'. |
| End papers (1): | One guardleaf at the end of the MS. The guardleaves are made of repurposed parchment documents with 16th-c. cursive handwriting. Foliated 169. With naïve drawings of a helmet, lance, knight with spurs, horse. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | f. 1r |
Bibliography
| Reference | 'British Library Online Catalogue', (2014) <http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/> [accessed 11 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 | |
| Reference | , 'Les manuscrits du Lancelot en prose (deuxième article)', Romania, 84 (1963), 28-60 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1300 | Northern Italy |
MS Part Library: British Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Harley 4419 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 168 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Fair quality vellum. Folios 85 to 90 are damaged at the edges. Fol. 140 has sustained severe damage in the upper right corner, f. 141 is damaged in the lower right corner. The ink on f. 1r and 1. 168v has faded, which suggests that the volume was kept without proper binding. Affected by damp on f.29, text retraced. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Notes: | Date suggested by the Lancelot-Graal project is c. 1280 to 1300. Micha 1963, 48 gives 14th c. Arthurian Fiction has 1350-1400. The BL Catalogue of Illuminated MS also has second half of the 14th c. The writing would support a date at the beginning of the 14th c. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 168vb |
| Date(s): | c. 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Round southern textualis. Two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment, 'e' with tongue only in final position, limb of 'h' does not extend below the baseline, trailing 's' at the end of the line; I marked with dash, mostly round 's', but sometimes also straight 's' in final position. Many instances of fusion, also including less common combinations such as 'pa' and 'da'. Abbreviations include uncrossed tironian 'et', 'com'-abbreviation, nasal bar, 'p' with crossed descender, superscript vowels ('a'), apostrophe. 'st'-ligature. Punctus. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 168vb
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f. 1ra - f. 20vb
(§I-00) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (long cyclic version)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
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f. 21ra - 00
(§00-XXXV) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (long cyclic version)
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00 - 00
(§XXXVI-XLII) Conte de la Charette (alpha)
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00 - f. 168vb
(§XLIII-LXIX,19) Suites de la Charette (long cyclic version)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
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