General
| Library: | Bodleian Library |
| Sheflmark: | Douce 178 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | hgrange |
Bindings
| Description: | Brown leather above pasteboards, with gold-tooling on front and back, and blind-tooling on spine. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | MS. DOUCE / 178 |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (3): | |
| End papers (3): |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | Images of miniatures and historiated initials (full-page and detail). |
Bibliography
| Reference | , 'Some New Arthurian Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library', The Modern Language Review, 22 (1927), 87-90 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Texte et images des manuscrits du Merlin et de la Suite Vulgate : mise en cycle et poétique de la continuation ou suite et fin d'un roman de Merlin?' (unpublished doctoral thesis, Université Paris III, 2011) |
| 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 | et al., 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] |
| Notes | |
| Reference | 'Arthurian Fiction in Medieval Europe: Narratives and Manuscripts', (2012) <http://www.arthurianfiction.org> |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| lestoire de merlin (title in explicit) | ?1270 to 1299 | Northern Italy |
MS Part Library: Bodleian Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Douce 178 |
| MS Part Title: | lestoire de merlin (title in explicit) |
| Ms Part Folios: | 421 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Very good quality parchment, with only occasional small holes and sewn tears. f. 1r is particularly worn, and many of the historiated initials elsewhere have also sustained damage. The codex has been trimmed considerably. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1270 to 1299 |
| Notes: | On art historical grounds, '1270-1300' (Fabry-Tehranchi 2011, 45). This date is also suggested by the Lancelot-Graal project. Jonas gives 1270-1275. Arthurian Fiction has two date ranges 1270-1285 and 1300-1325. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 2ra to 63vb |
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Scribe description: | A carefully copied southern textualis that displays the following characteristics: two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow); tall, round, or occasionally trailing 's' in final position; 'u' in initial position (chiefly). Tironian 'et' occurs without a bar. |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 64ra to 148ra |
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Scribe description: | Distinguished from Hand #1 by its greater angularity, the absence of trailing 's', and the zigzag shape of majuscules. |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 149ra to 212vb |
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Scribe description: | Similar to, or same as, Hand #1. |
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 214ra to 417rb |
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Scribe description: | Same as Hand #2. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 417rb
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f. 1ra - f. 148ra
(§00-00) Estoire del saint Graal (N/A)
Images:
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f. 149ra - f. 181vb
(§00-00) Estoire Merlin (N/A)
Images:
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f. 181vb - f. 243b vb
(§00-00) Suite du Merlin (N/A)
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f. 244ra - f. 251vb
(§00-00) Suite du Merlin (N/A)
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f. 252ra - f. 259vb
(§00-00) Suite du Merlin (N/A)
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f. 260ra - f. 417rb
(§00-00) Suite du Merlin (N/A)
Images:
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