Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1277

Girart d'Amiens, Escanor (fragment)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-15104

Title

Girart d'Amiens, Escanor (fragment)

Collection

Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties

Shelfmark

Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1277

Manuscript Category

narrative literature

Document type

library book / reference book

Provenance

Owner
Barthélémy Dumortier (1797-1878)
Date
19th century
Evidence type
External source (Smets 2011, p. 7)
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 1843.

Acquisition

Fragment went missing after ca. 1887, and was deemed lost until ca. 2010, when it was rediscovered in Leuven University Library. 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. Fragment underwent conservation treatment in 2010.

References

Online catalogue record

KU Leuven Libraries Catalogue

Digital reproduction

Teneo
Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

https://lib.is/IE2238041/manifest
https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-nglb/manifest.json

Other online data sources

ARLIMA
Fragmentarium

Fragment container

UNIT ID

mmfc-15103

Leaf count

1 incomplete bifolio (bottom half)

Remaining fragment

UNIT ID

mmfc-15105

Page range

fol. [1]-[2]

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: 1 bifolium (upper half trimmed). Fragment was restored in June 2010 and mounted on a paper strip.

Language

Middle French (main)

Origin

Date
13th century (Godfried Croenen)
Evidence
Script
Alternative dating
late 13th century (maybe even 1300) (Erik Kwakkel)

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

2

Page dimensions

h: 192 mm x w: 225 mm (fol. [2]) , leaves trimmed

Layout

Section
fol. [1]r-[2]v (fol. [2]r)
Description
bottom margin measures ca. 18 mm, no upper margin.
Columns
2
Lines
30 (27 lines visible)
Ruling
Full ruling, Lead-point ruling
Prickings
prickings visible in outer margin; prickings visible in inner margin
Intercolumnar space
15 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, illuminated

Description

Pen-flourished plain initials with marginal extensions, alternately in red and blue ink.

1. Girart d'Amiens, Escanor

UNIT ID

mmfc-15106

Page range

fol. [1]r-[2]v (defective)

Title

Girart d'Amiens, Escanor

Contributors

Girart d'Amiens (author)

Language

Old French (main)

Incipit

uns quens qui la devoir avoir (fol. [1]r)

Explicit

Dynadan par non l’apeloient (fol. [2]v)

Notes

Textual content
  • Fol. [1]:
    • Fol. [1]r, col. A: v. 10914-10939.
    • Fol. [1]r, col. B: v. 10944-10969.
    • Fol. [1]v, col. A: v. 10973-10999.
    • Fol. [1]v, col. B: v. 11004-11029.
  • Fol. [2]:
    • Fol. [2]r, col. A: v. 11752-11778.
    • Fol. [2]r, col. B: v. 11782-11808.
    • Fol. [2]v, col. B: v. 11812-11838.
    • Fol. [2]v, col. B: v. 11842-11868.

Arthurian romance in Old French verse. Verses corresponding to Michelant, Henri Victor, ed., Der Roman von Escanor von Gerard von Amiens (Tübingen: Litterarischer Verein in Stuttgart, 1886), p. 288-291, 310-313. <https://books.google.be/books?id=mQo3AAAAMAAJ>

Keywords

Genre

Arthurian literature
Manuscript description
  1. Fragment container
    1. Remaining fragment
      1. 1. Girart d'Amiens, Escanor