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Du roi qui volt fere ardoir le filz de son seneschal

v. 156-311

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Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1276

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title <i>Du roi qui volt fere ardoir le filz de son seneschal</i>
Shelfmarks Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1276
Former Shelfmarks Ms. Fragm. 594
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 13th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria, one hand.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 269 mm
Page Width at least 182 mm
Height of Written Area 245 – 247 mm
Width of Written Area 157 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 72 – 74 mm
Number of Lines 38
Line Height 6 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 269 x 182 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

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

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Old French
    • Title <i>Du roi qui volt fere ardoir le filz de son seneschal</i>
    • Content Description

      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.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition De Reiffenberg, Baron, ‘II. Fragments de poésie romane’, Bulletins de l’académie royale des sciences et belles-lettres de Bruxelles, 10.2 (1842), 578–84
    • Remarks

      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'.

History

Provenance

Fragment was discovered by Barthélémy Dumortier (1797-1878) in a book binding. The fragment was later gifted to his friend baron Frédéric de Reiffenberg (1795-1850), who also edited and published the fragment in 1842.
Persons and Institutions Barthélémy Dumortier (previous owner); Frédéric de Reiffenberg (previous owner)
Remarks

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 was conserved in 2010.

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