Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 754
Part of set: BnF, fr. 748 and 754
According to A. Stones these manuscripts belong to the same set
General
| Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Sheflmark: | fonds français 754 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown sheepskin binding with a frame in gold, tooled at the edge of the front and back plates. Red spine, with decoration in gold (fleur de lys; crowned monogram consisting of two intertwining C's, one of which mirrors the other). |
| Date : | c. 1800 |
| Title on binding: | Lancelot du Lac &c. |
| Cover material: | Material object (10) |
| Board material: | Material object (1) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (2): | |
| End papers (2): | Two guardleaves at the front and two at the back. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Black and White |
| Completeness | Full |
| Notes | |
Bibliography
| 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 | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Les manuscrits du Lancelot en prose (premier article)', Romania, 81 (1960), 145-87 |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | 1230 to 1250 |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
| Shelfmark: | fonds français 754 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 88 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Poor quality vellum, with irregularities, holes and stitches also in the writing space (e.g. f. 30). Generally in fair condition, except for the first and last folios which are worn (front) and stained (end). These are only eleven quires of a copy which once was more complete. The rest of the manuscript has probably been lost. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | 1230 to 1250 |
| Notes: | The Lancelot-Graal Project suggests 1230 to 1255. This is supported by the layout and the script. JONAS has 1250 to 1275. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 88vb |
| Date(s): | 1200 to 1250 |
| Scribe description: | Textualis rotundus. Two-compartment 'a', the upper lobe of which is open, sometimes with a diacritical dash. Exclusive use of uncial 'd' which at the beginning of the line protrudes into the margin. 'e' with distinctive tongue. 8-shaped 'g' with a relatively large lower lobe extending below the baseline. 'h' with a round bow, descending below the baseline curving upwards. Hairline at the top of the ascender pointing downwards. Use of i-longa in final position, but also in the middle of words. 'i' is marked in those positions where confusion may arise. Use of round 'r' after round letters. Occurrence of capital 'R' in final position. No round 's'; long 's' is used in all positions. Some occurrence of trailing 's' also in the middle of lines, which may point towards Southern influence. The upwards stroke of 't' barely extends above the headstroke. Use of 'v' in numerals. Dotted y. 3-shaped 'z' extending below the baseline. Relatively few abbreviations including superscript vowels (a, i), mainly uncrossed tironian -'et', but also occurs in a crossed version, crossed ascenders (h) and descenders (p), nasal bar for combinations with 'm' and 'n', mirrored 'c' (for 'us', in 'ml't' for 'moult'). |
Folios: 1ra - 88vb
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1ra - 88vb
(§Ia-XXVIIIa6) Lancelot's childhood and adolescence to his installation as a knight of the Round Table (Single redaction)
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (2) f. 1ra
- ParatextualType object (10)
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