General
Library: | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
Sheflmark: | nouv. acq. françaises 4380 |
Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) |
Described by: | dschoenaers |
Bindings
Description: | Simple vellum binding. Title on the spine in ink. |
Date : | None |
Title on binding: | ?...? Du Roy Artu |
Cover material: | Material object (4) |
Board material: | None |
Fastening: | |
Chaining: | |
Edges: | |
Front end papers (3): | Three paper guardleaves at the front. On the pastedown bookplate 'Ex Bibliotheca Conventus et Collegii FF. Praedicatorum urbis Gratianopolitanae' (Grenoble). On the recto of the second flyleaf, note 'ex bibl. praed. grationop' 'Le Roman d'Artus de Bretagne Compose par Galfridus Monumetensis . Qui vivoit en l'an 1173 . Cest un des plus anciens liures quj se trouvent en francois : puis qu'on n'en trouve point deuant l'an 1100.' |
End papers (3): | Three paper guardleaves at the end of the manuscript. On the recto of the first guardleaf a 17th/18th c. hand has noted in French information pertaining to king Arthur (sixth century, great conquests, bastard of Pendragon, his arms: virgin with child. Sigebert calls his sword Celiburne; installed knights of the round table; killed in 540 in a battle against the third king of Scotland and Mordred, king of the Picts, who was also injured and died.) Medieval annotation on the pastedown. |
Bibliography
Reference | 'Lancelot-Graal Project', (2010) <http://www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu/lancelot-project.html> [accessed 13 December 2014] et al., |
Notes | |
Reference | La Mort le roi Artu: roman du XIIIe siècle, ed. Frappier, Jean (Paris: Droz, 1936) |
Notes |
MS Parts
Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
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[Part 1] | c. 1250 to 1300 | Northern France |
MS Part Library: Bibliothèque nationale de France
General
Shelfmark: | nouv. acq. françaises 4380 |
MS Part Title: | [Part 1] |
Ms Part Folios: | 120 folios |
Page layout: |
Material
MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
Watermark: | |
Condition: | Medium to lower quality vellum with holes (ff. 39, 43, 47, 55, 113, 117, 118), stitches (ff. 15, 30, 39, 47, 60, 106), also in the writing space. Some instances where the edge of the skin coincides with that of the leaf (ff. 30, 89). Generally in fair condition. The first folio is badly worn. The last folio (f. 120) is mutilated. The lower outer corner has been torn. |
Date Information
Date(s): | c. 1250 to 1300 |
Notes: | The Lancelot-Graal project suggests c. 1225 to 1250. The script (two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment, some instances of closed upper compartment, exclusive use of round 's' in final position and use of 'v' in initial position) could point towards a later dating towards the end of the century. |
Hand
Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
Folio(s): | From f. 1ra to f. 120ra |
Date(s): | c. 1250 to 1300 |
Scribe description: | Two-compartment 'a' with open upper compartment; some instances of closed upper compartment; falling 'd' at the beginning of the line; tongued 'e'; 'g' with small lower lobe descending below the baseline; limb of 'h' descends slightly below the baseline; no diacritic on 'i'; 'l' with clubbed ascender; descender of 'p' and 'q' curves slightly to the right; round 's' in final position; use of trailing 's' at the end of the line; use of 'v' in initial position; 3-like z. Use of 'st'-ligature; fusion of 'or', 'dr', 'de'; abbreviations include nasal mark, also used for q(ue), apostrophe, superscript vowel, uncrossed tironian 'et', 'com'-abbreviation; 'p' with crossed descender. |
Folios: f. 1ra - f. 120vb
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f. 1ra - f. 120va
(§00-00) Mort le roi Artu (N/A)
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