Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1276

Du roi qui volt fere ardoir le filz de son seneschal (fragment)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-15101

Title

Du roi qui volt fere ardoir le filz de son seneschal (fragment)

Collection

Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties

Shelfmark

Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1276

Manuscript Category

narrative literature

Document type

library book / reference book

Topic

church fathers

Provenance

Owner
Barthélémy Dumortier (1797-1878)
Date
19th century
Evidence type
External source
Transcription
Fragment was discovered by Barthélémy Dumortier in a book binding. The fragment was later given to his friend baron Frédéric de Reiffenberg (1795-1850), who also edited and published the fragment in 1842.
Comments
Smets 2011, p. 7

Acquisition

It is unclear when the fragment entered the collection of Leuven University Library; this must possibly have happened after 1945 because of the two devastating fires in the library during the World Wars. The fragment underwnt conservation treatmnt in 2010.

References

Online catalogue record

KU Leuven Libraries Catalogue

Digital reproduction

Teneo
Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

https://lib.is/IE2238031/manifest
https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-5wcz/manifest.json

Other online data sources

ARLIMA
Fragmentarium

Fragment container

UNIT ID

mmfc-15102

Leaf count

1 fol.

Remaining fragment

UNIT ID

mmfc-15100

Page range

fol. [1]

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: 1 leaf

Language

Middle French (main)

Origin

Date
13th century

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

1

Page dimensions

h: 269 mm x w: 182 mm (fol. [1])

Layout

Section 1
fol. [1]r-v (fol. [1]v)
Columns
2
Lines
38; lines ruled: 39 (written below top line)
Layout formula
|| T || T |||
Ruling
Full ruling, Lead-point ruling
Prickings
no prickings visible in outer margin
Text dimensions
h: 247 mm x w: 157 mm
Margins
Top margin: 13 mm, inner margin: 14 mm

Writing

Script

Northern gothica textualis (Northern gothica textualis libraria)

Number of hands

1

Decoration

Type

ornamental initials, pen-flourished initials, initials with marginal extensions, versals, border decoration, j-staff border, illuminated

Description

Pen-flourished plain initials, alternately in red and blue ink, with marginal extensions that extend vertically into 'J'-staff borders.

1. Du roi qui volt fere ardoir le filz de son seneschal

UNIT ID

mmfc-15099

Page range

fol. [1]r-v (defective)

Title

Du roi qui volt fere ardoir le filz de son seneschal

Language

Old French (main)

Incipit

Vous dites bien or i parra (fol. [1]r)

Explicit

Li damoisel avant se mist (fol. [1]v)

Notes

General
This story is part of La vie des Anciens Peres, which is a retelling of the lives of the Desert Fathers in 74 short stories in Old French verse. The story is also known under the title 'Du filz ou seneschal qui dist a son seignor que s’alaine puoit'.
Textual content

Verse 156-311, corresponding to the edition by Dominique Martin Méon.

Méon, Dominique Martin, Nouveau recueil de fabliaux et contes inédits, des poètes français des XIIe, XIIIe, XIVe et XVe siècles (Paris: Chasseriau, 1823), ii <https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5438953h>, 331-361. The text from the fragment can be found on p. 336-341.
Manuscript description
  1. Fragment container
    1. Remaining fragment
      1. 1. Du roi qui volt fere ardoir le filz de son seneschal