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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 795

[Part 1]

General information

Folios3
Folio notes:Troubadour songbook Y, which mostly comprises songs by Peire Cardenal.
LanguageLanguage object (63)
Approx. date?1300 to 1349
Date notes'Copié dans la première moitié du XIVe siècle' (Frank 1952, 65).
Place(s) of production
Copied 'par deux scribes lorrains' (Frank 1952, 65).
First words of second recto folio[f. 2ra] E quat heu me suy
First words of last recto folio[f. 3r] Follie faire no(n) est pas uasellage
Incipit[f. 1ra] Touz temps asit engan est falsetat
Explicit[f. 3v] Qe il ne fan hom q(e) lour contradia

Material

Material:Material object (4)
Watermark:
Condition:

Structure

Collation:
Quire structure:Leaves 2 to 4 of what was originally a sexternion. The whole quire now comprises ten leaves (the first and sixth leaves are wanting).
Quire marks:MSQuiremarkDisposition object (18)
Catchwords:
Catchword disposition:MSCatchwordDisposition object (12)

Physical description

General illustration:
General decoration:none
Evidence of readership:A 19th-c. hand has attributed the first item on f. 1ra to 'P. Cardenal'.
Foliations description:Modern numbering in ink in the upper right corner of recto sides (running 1 to 3).

Mise en page

Description 1
Page sampledf. 3r
LayoutMSLayout object (4)
Page dimensions336x250 (mm)
Justification (mm)
Columns1
mm between columns
Lines31
Rubrication
Writing above top line?False
Sample page layout:

Hand(s)

Level of Execution:Execution object (5)
ScriptScript object (9)
Folio rangeFrom 2r to 3v
Date?1300 to 1349
Scribe description:Cursive 'a' or two-compartment 'a' (upper bow open or closed); 'g' with distinctive angular lower lobe; round 's' in final position; 'u' or 'v' in initial position; tironian 'et' without bar.
Notes