Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 1631
L'istoire de la destruction de la grant Troye (explicit)
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General information
| Folios | 82 |
| Folio notes: | Three folios are missing from the beginning, as well as six folios after f. 78. This part contains only Prose 1 of the 'Troie'. |
| Language | Language object (3) |
| Approx. date | 20-9-1485 |
| Date notes | The colophon on f. 82v reads: 'Et fut acomply parfait / finy et acheue la vigile saint mathieu Lan mil CCCC iiijXX et cínq'. |
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| First words of second recto folio | |
| First words of last recto folio | |
| Incipit | [f. 1ra] ment calcas les fist a force demourer . Si vous dirons apres / |
| Explicit | [f. 82v] Mais a este la vraie histoire au vray translatee et cy escripte / par droit compte comme je lay trouuee sans y couurir nulle / menconge en telle maniere que nul ny pourroít riens adious / ter qui pour verite deust estre tenu Et fut acomply parfait / finy et acheue la vigile saint mathieu Lan mil CCCC iiijXX / et cínq // Cy fíne listoire de la destruction / De la grant troye . // |
Material
| Material: | Material object (1) |
| Watermark: | Quires 1-3: letter G (Briquet 8215); and three fleurs-de-lys mounted by a star and letter 'e' (Briquet 1729). Quire 4: sun (Briquet 13907). Quires 5 and 6: star (Briquet 6056). Folio 69: mermaid (Briquet 13862). Folios 80 and 82: crowned star (resembling Briquet 6113). See Roach 1977, 205. |
| Condition: | |
Structure
| Collation: | 113 2-516 62 73 |
| Quire structure: | Regular octonions, though quire 1 wants its first three leaves, and quire 6 wants six after its first leaf. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (21) |
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| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (4) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | none |
| General decoration: | Chapters begins with plain red initials (height: 2 lines). The chapters starting on ff. 3v and 10v are exceptional insofar as they are marked by larger red initials (height: 3 or 4 lines), with a few words of the subsequent text in a display textualis. |
| Evidence of readership: | |
| Foliations description: | Modern foliation in the upper right-hand corner of recto sides. Traces of medieval numbering, e.g. upper right of f. 15 (xviij). |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | Source: Roach 1979, 205. |
| Page sampled | |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 280x200 (mm) |
| Justification | 223x145 (mm) |
| Columns | 1mm between columns |
| Lines | 35 |
| Rubrication | none |
| Writing above top line? | False |
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Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (9) |
| Folio range | From 1r to 82v |
| Date | 1485 |
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| Notes | |