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Le livre de la destruccion de Troye la grant (final rubric)

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Folios138
Folio notes:Contains only 'Troie' Prose 1.
LanguageLanguage object (3)
Approx. date?1400 to 1499
Date notes'XVe siècle' (Jung 1996, 468).
Place(s) of production
First words of second recto folio[f. 2r] omer ot son líure fait
First words of last recto folio[f. 138r] quil conquerroít tout le país
Incipit[f. 1r] APRES CE / que jay leu / releu et pourueu / par maíntesfoíz / es líures qui sont / es aumoíres de / monseigneur / saint denís en / france , especialm(en)t / en celluí qui deuise / appartement lafaíre / de troye lagrant / je ne me puís trop / durement esmerueil / ler ne esmayer / Quant aucun preudomme nest venu auant qui / eust entrepríns a translater le latin dece en francois / Car ce seroít vne chose que voulentíers orroient / gens poures (et) ríches
Explicit[f. 138r] nulz ny pourroít / riens adíouster que pour veríte deust estre tenu . // Cí fíne le líure de la destruccíon de troye / la grant . //

Material

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Structure

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1-567-17184

Quire structure:Chiefly quaternions.
Quire marks:MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21)
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Catchword disposition:MSCatchwordDisposition object (7)

Physical description

General illustration:13 miniatures were planned (width: between half- and full-page; height: 10-16 lines). A miniature from another volume has been pasted into the space reserved for the first on f. 1r. It depicts a crowned eagle with a mouse in its beak, against a blue ground. The other spaces for miniatures (on ff. 7v, 12r, 14v, 19r, 25r, 37v, 46r, 56v, 62v, 73v, 81r, and 123r) have been left blank.
General decoration:Chapters begin with flourished initials (height: 2 lines) in red or blue, with decoration in the contrasting colour. Larger puzzle initials (height: 6-8 lines) are found on ff. 73v, 81r, and 92v.
Evidence of readership:In a 16th-c. hand on f. 138v: 'Vous qui avez le vent agre . et bien savez / flacter en court gardez vous bien q(ue) / le degre au dessendant ne vous soit court'.
Foliations description:Modern arabic numbering in the upper right of recto sides.

Mise en page

Description 1Jung 1996, 468. Following a rubricated header, the opening initial of each chapter is pen-flourished (height: 2 lines), and the first one or two words are copied in display script (textualis formata).
Page sampledf. 41r
LayoutMSLayout object (3)
Page dimensions321x218 (mm)
Justification200x127 (mm)
Columns1
mm between columns
Lines34
Line ruling present
RubricationTituli, line fillers.
Writing above top line?False
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Hand(s)

Level of Execution:Execution object (4)
ScriptScript object (9)
Folio rangeFrom 1r to 138r
Date?1400 to 1499
Scribe description:A French cursiva script that displays the following traits: triangular single-compartment 'a'; looped ascenders; 'g' with two horns and a tail looping to the right; 'i' longa in initial position; majuscule 'R' in initial position; B-shaped 's' in final position; closed form of 'v' in initial position; 3-shaped 'z'. The scant abbreviation marks include 'q(ue)', nasal bars, and tironian 'et'.
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