Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 3347
Part of set: Chicago f. 21 and Arsenal 3347
According to the Lancelot-Graal project these MSS were manufactured by the same professionals and are probably parts of the same set.
General
| Library: | Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal |
| Sheflmark: | 3347 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
| Description: | White, pigskin binding on pasteboard. Decorative frame gold-tooled on the front and rear. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | Hist De Lancelot / Et la mort / Dv roy artvs // |
| Cover material: | Material object (16) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (3): | Two paper and two vellum guardleaves at the front of the MS. . Old shelfmark at the top of the verso of the first vellum flyleaf: 'Belles Lettres tome 2 No 4080 (b)' |
| End papers (2): | Two vellum guardleaves at the rear. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Full |
| Notes | |
Bibliography
| 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 | |
| Reference | 'Arthurian Fiction in Medieval Europe: Narratives and Manuscripts', (2012) <http://www.arthurianfiction.org> |
| 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 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | c. 1250 | Paris |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal
General
| Shelfmark: | 3347 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 349 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Good to medium quality, some holes and stitches also in the writing space (e.g. ff. 29, 164, 194). Folio 193, poor quality, restored at the side. Some wear and tear on the first and final folios. Smudges on ff. 155, 156, 347, 348 and 349. |
Date Information
| Date(s): | c. 1250 |
| Notes: | Date suggested by the Lancelot-Graal project. Micha 1960, 180 has 13th c., and so has Jonas. Arthurian Fiction suggests 1240 to 1260. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1ra to 349va |
| Date(s): | c. 1250 |
| Scribe description: | Northern textualis with two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment, clubbed or forked ascenders on 'b', 'h', 'l', uncial 'd', 'e' mostly without tongue, 8-like 'g', 'h' curves below the baseline, diacritic on 'i' in minim groups, limbs of 'n' and 'm' end on the baseline, straight 's' in final position, vertical stroke of 't' does not ascend above the headstroke, 'u' and 'v' in initial position, 'w' used for 'vu', 3-like 'z'. Abbreviations include apostrophe, superscript vowels, crossed tironian 'et', 'com'-abbreviation, 'p' with crossed descender, nasal bar, Fusion of 'de', 'o' and round 'r' No indication of word-separation. Punctuation includes punctus and punctus elevatus. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 349va
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1ra - 213va
(§LXX-CVIII) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (long cyclic version)
Paratextual features:
- ParatextualType object (10) f. 213va
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214ra - 293ra
(§00-00) Queste del saint Graal (N/A)
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294ra - 349va
(§00-00) Mort le roi Artu (N/A)
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