General
| Library: | British Library |
| Sheflmark: | Additional 5474 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
| Described by: | dschoenaers, hgrange |
Bindings
| Description: | Red morocco binding on pasteboard. Simple decorative frame gold-tooled on the front and back. Decorative arabesques (floral motifs) gold-tooled on the spine. |
| Date : | c. 1800 |
| Title on binding: | La seconde / partie / du roman / de Tristan // Brit. Mus. / Additional / MS. 5474 // |
| Cover material: | Material object (6) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | na |
| Chaining: | na |
| Edges: | gilt. |
| Front end papers (2): | Two paper flyleaves at the front of the manuscript. On the recto side of the second flyleaf is pasted a notice discussing the provenance of the manuscript. BL archives and manuscripts: 'Information regarding provenance is given in a late 18th cent. memorandum, mounted on a front fly-leaf (f. 1). According to this memorandum the manuscript, which was then for sale, was the property of a French officer and had been in his family for a long time. It was formerly in the library of the Cistercian abbey of Fontfroide, nr. Narbonne, Languedoc. The officer's family were benefactors of the abbey and the family tombs were there. The Marquis de Paulmy d'Argenson (d.1787), had had the MS. rebound and brought it to the attention of the Comte La Vergne de Tressan, who was then working on his Corps d'extraite de Romans de Chevalerie , 4 vols. (1782). The Marquis wanted the volume to go to the Royal Library but the family, who believed that armorial, etc., in the MS. had parallels in material on their family tombs at the abbey, would not part with it. Purchased from a French immigrant, circa 1795.' |
| End papers (2): | Two paper flyleaves at the end of the manuscript. |
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour |
| Completeness | Partial |
| Notes | ff. 74 and 144 |
Bibliography
| Reference | , 'Per un riesame della tradizione del Tristan in prosa, con nuove osservazioni sul ms. Paris, BnF, fr. 756-757', in Francesco Benozzo (ed.), Culture, livelli di cultura e ambienti nel Medioevo occidentale. Atti del IX Convegno della Società Italiana di Filologia Romanza (S.I.F.R.), Bologna, 5-8 ottobre 2009 (Rome: Aracne, 2012), pp. 247-78 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , Études sur le 'Tristan' en prose: les sources, les manuscrits, bibliographie critique (Paris: Champion, 1925) |
| Notes | p. 47 |
| Reference | , Le Tristan et le Palamède des manuscrits français du British Museum: étude critique (Christiania: Dybwad, 1905) |
| Notes | pp. 8-29 |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Part 1] | ?1275 to 1300 | na |
Related MS
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 110: |
illustrated by the same artistStones 2003, 123. |
| London, British Library, Additional 5474: |
MS Part Library: British Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Additional 5474 |
| MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
| Ms Part Folios: | 304 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | First and last folios stained and worn. In some instances the ink has faded and the text has become illegible (e.g. ff. 14v-15r). ff. 43, 44, 139, 217, 363 and 267 damaged. Fair quality vellum with some stitches (e.g. f. 11). |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1300 |
| Notes: | BL catalogue of illuminated manuscripts. Confirmed by the script: northern textualis with double compartment 'a' the upper lobe of which is closed (double bow 'a'); generally long 's' in final position, round 's' is used in final position at the end of the line (also trailing 's' in this position). Stones 2003 suggests that the manuscript was illustrated by the same artist as BnF, f.fr. 110 (Lancelot-Grail), which she dates to c. 1295. |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 2ra to 305vb |
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1300 |
| Scribe description: | Littera textualis rotundus with double compartment 'a', the upper lobe of which is closed (double bow 'a'); the ascenders of 'b', 'h', 'k', 'l' are forked or decorated with spurs; tongued 'e'; 8-like 'g'; the limb of 'h' curves below the baseline; no use of 'i' longa; 'i' marked with diacritic dash in minim group; in general long 's' is used in final position, round 's' occurs at the end of the line; 't' extends slightly above the diagonal stroke; 'v' used in initial position; use of 'w' 'ywain'. 'st'-ligature; biting of 'o' and round 'r', 'co'. Abbreviations include 'com'- and -'us' abbreviation; superscript vowels; crossed tironian 'et'; 'p' with bar through descender; apostrophe; no use of nasal mark (except for 'que'). Marginal corrections: e.g. f. 107r. |
Folios: 1ra - 11vb
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1ra - 11vb
(§Lös. 171-Lös. 179) Tristan's adventures in Ireland, Brittany, and the Morrois (Common Version)
Related or similar
- FssToMSRelationshipType object (4): 'Les manuscrits G et M sont très proches l'un de l'autre' (Ménard 1991, III:14).
Shared by:
- London, British Library, Additional 5474
- Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, 5667 E
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Folios: 12ra - 13vb
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12ra - 13rb
(§Lös. 180-Lös. 183) Tristan's adventures in Ireland, Brittany, and the Morrois (Common Version)
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13rb - 13vb
(§Lös. 184a-Lös. 184a) Adventures of Tristan and Marc in Logres, and their reconciliation (Vulgate Version)
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Folios: 14ra - 82vb
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14ra - 54vb
(§Lös. 190-Lös. 252a) Adventures of Tristan and Marc in Logres, and their reconciliation (Vulgate Version)
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54vb - 74ra
(§Lös. 252a-Lös. 282a) Invasion of Cornwall by the Saxons, Tristan's imprisonments, and the lovers' departure for Logres (Vulgate Version)
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74ra - 82vb
(§Lös. 338b-Lös. 362) Tournament of Louvezerp (Common Version)
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Folios: 83ra - 108vb
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83ra - 108vb
(§Lös. 363-Lös. 376) Tournament of Louvezerp (Common Version)
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Folios: 109ra - 205vb
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109ra - 142ra
(§Lös. 377-Lös. 386) Tournament of Louvezerp (Common Version)
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142ra - 144ra
(§Lös. 387-Lös. 390) Pentecost of the Grail (Vulgate Version)
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144ra - 162vb
(§Lös. 388a-Lös. 388a) Agravain and preparation to the Quest (Mixed Version (V.III.))
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162vb - 178ra
(§Lös. 388-Lös. 398a) Pentecost of the Grail (Vulgate Version)
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178ra - 203ra
(§Lös. 399-Lös. 421) Tristan's adventures during the Quest (Common Version)
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203ra - 205vb
(§Lös. 441-Lös. 443) Adventures of Erec and Tristan (Vulgate Version)
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Folios: 206ra - 264vb
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206ra - 230va
(§Lös. 461-Lös. 493) Adventures of Erec and Tristan (Vulgate Version)
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230va - 258va
(§Lös. 494-Lös. 502) Adventures of the Grail 1 (Vulgate Version)
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258va - 264vb
(§Lös. 503-Lös. 510) Adventures of Tristan and Palamedés (Vulgate Version)
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Folios: 265ra - 266vb
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265ra - 266vb
(§Lös. 510-Lös. 511) Adventures of Tristan and Palamedés (Vulgate Version)
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Folios: 267ra - 305vb
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267ra - 268vb
(§Lös. 515-Lös. 515) Adventures of the Grail 2 (Vulgate Version)
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268vb - 284ra
(§Lös. 516-Lös. 533) Marc's invasion of Logres (Vulgate Version)
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284ra - 293rb
(§Lös. 534-Lös. 551) Death of the lovers (Common Version)
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293rb - 305vb
(§Lös. 552-Lös. 567) Adventures of the Grail 3 (Vulgate Version)
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305vb - 305vb
(§Lös. 568-Lös. 568) Sagremor's return to Camaaloth (Common Version)
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