Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 790

[MS Part 3]

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General information

Folios8
LanguageLanguage object (3)
Approx. datec. 1350
Date notesDonkin 1980, 18 dates this MS Part to '14th C.' Meyer 1882, 301 estimates the middle of the 14th century.
Place(s) of production{unspecified}
First words of second recto folio193ra - '?Au? riche roy'
First words of last recto folioDun grant
Incipit192ra - 'Ci (com)mence le restor dou paon' (this is a later addition and is separate from the main text).
Explicit199rb - 'Explicit du poon b(ien) ait qui leo lira'. Not separated from main text.

Material

Material:Material object (4)
Watermark:
Condition:Good.

Structure

Collation:

18

Quire structure:One quaternion.
Quire marks:
Catchwords:na
Catchword disposition:

Physical description

General illustration:na
General decoration:A large, elaborately decorated initial begins the text on f. 191ra. Thereafter smaller decorated initials begin each stanza.
Evidence of readership:Title 'Le Restor dv Paon' inserted in block capitals above the incipit (by Cangé?)
Foliations description:Arabic numerals in top-right hand corner. One set.

Mise en page

Description 1
Page sampled193r
LayoutNone
Page dimensions200 x 230 (Meyer 1882, 301) (mm)
Justification125 x 160 (mm)
Columns2
mm between columns
Column ruling present
Lines39
Line ruling present
Rubrication
Writing above top line?False
Sample page layout:

Hand(s)

Level of Execution:Execution object (4)
ScriptScript object (4)
Folio rangeFrom 192ra to 199rb
DateNone
Scribe description:
Notes

Provenance

DescriptionMeyer 1882, 301 observes that a note on f. 192r indicates that Cangé was responsible for removing this quaternion from another MS.
Datec. 1725
PlacePlace object (1)