London, British Library, Royal 19 B VII

Library:	British Library
Sheflmark:	Royal 19 B VII
Information source:	Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (6)
Described by:	dschoenaers

Description:	Modern binding (British Museum/British library) on 5 cords, covered with brown cloth, at the front and back decorated with emblem and motto 'honi soit qui mal y pense'. Title on the the spine: "Roman de Lancelot du Lac". Rebound in 1969.
Date :	1969
Title on binding:	Roman de Lancelot du Lac
Cover material:	Material object (7)
Board material:	Material object (3)
Fastening:
Chaining:
Edges:
Front end papers (4):	Four modern and one older guardleaf at the front of the MS.
End papers (4):	One older and three modern guardleaves at the end of the MS.

Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.)
Colour?	Colour
Completeness	Partial
Notes	f. 142r

Reference	'British Library Online Catalogue', (2014) <http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/> [accessed 11 December 2014]
Notes
Reference	'JONAS: 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	Besamusca, Bart, et al., 'Arthurian Fiction in Medieval Europe: Narratives and Manuscripts', (2012) <http://www.arthurianfiction.org>
Notes
Reference	Micha, Alexandre, 'Les manuscrits du Lancelot en prose (deuxième article)', Romania, 84 (1963), 28-60
Notes
Reference	Stones, Alison, et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014]
Notes

Title	Date	Place	Dedicatee
[Part 1]	?1300 to 1325	England

London, British Library, Royal 19 B VII was copied from this MS (or one of its descendants).

MS Part Library: British Library

MS Part Material:	Material object (4)
Watermark:
Condition:	Low quality vellum with many holes.

Date(s):	?1300 to 1325
Notes:	Date suggested by the BL Catalogue of Illuminated MSS. The Lancelot-Graal project has c. 1300. Arthurian Fiction gives 1290 to 1310.

Level of Execution:	Execution object (4)
Folio(s):	From f. 1ra to f. 141v
Date(s):	c. 1300 to 1325
Scribe description:	Fractured textualis with double-bow 'a', sometimes leaning towards box-'a', 8-like 'g' with closed lower lobe, standing on the baseline, 'e' without tongue, mainly round 's', but also straight 's' in final position. Abbreviations include crossed tironian 'et,' nasal bar, 'p' with crossed descender, superscript 'a', superscript 'r', apostrophe. Fusion of 'de', 'pr', 'or', 'dr', 'co', 'ce'. Word-separation marked by a dash. Corrections in the margins and between lines. Punctus elevatus, punctus.
Level of Execution:	Execution object (4)
Folio(s):	From f. 142r to f. 294v
Date(s):	1300
Scribe description:	The change of scribe is most apparent in the letter form of 'h', which becomes more angular and vertical; the biting of round 'r' is different.

Folios: f. 1ra - f. 6vb
- f. 1ra - f. 6vb
  
  (§Ia,12-00) Lancelot's childhood and adolescence to his installation as a knight of the Round Table (Single redaction)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment
Folios: f. 7ra - f. 294vb
- f. 7ra - f. 126rb
  
  (§00-LXXIa) Lancelot's childhood and adolescence to his installation as a knight of the Round Table (Single redaction)
- f. 126rb - 00
  
  (§I-XXXV) From the journey to Sorelois to the death of Galehot (long cyclic version)
- 00 - 00
  
  (§XXXVI-XLII) Conte de la Charette (alpha)
- 00 - f. 247va
  
  (§XLIII-LXIX) Suites de la Charette (long cyclic version)
- f. 247va - f. 294vb
  
  (§LXX-LXXXI,3) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (long cyclic version)
- Termination object (1): folios missing after this segment