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Garin le Loherain

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.2582/406

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

General Information

Title <i>Garin le Loherain</i>
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.2582/406
Former Shelfmarks QL8
Material Parchment
Date of Origin late 13th - early 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria. Different forms of the letter 'a' are used, the so-called 'gotichetta'.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 161 mm
Page Width at least 32 mm
Height of Written Area at least 152 mm
Width of Written Area at least 16 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns at least 16 mm
Number of Lines 35
Line Height 6 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
Numbering

Foliation in Roman numerals ('iiij xvj', fol. [1]v) in right corner of verso side.
More about the Condition

Prickings visible in inner margin.

Current Condition

Extent 1 strip
Dimensions 161 x 32 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Manuscript is undecorated.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Old French
    • Title <i>Garin le Loherain</i>
    • Content Description
      • fol. [1]r: v. 12339-365 (edition-Vallerie); v. 11718-745 (edition-Iker-Gittleman)
      • fol. [1]v: v. 12376-12402 (edition-Vallerie); v. 11754-782 (edition-Iker-Gittleman)
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Vallerie, Josephine Elvira, ed., ‘Garin Le Loheren’ According to Manuscript A, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal 2983, with Text, Introduction, and Linguistic Study (Ann Arbor: Brothers, 1947); Iker-Gittleman, Anne, ed., Garin le Loherenc, 3 vols (Paris: Champion, 1996)
    • Remarks

      Chanson de geste in Old French. There are two different editions of the original Garin le Loherain text, both based on different manuscripts.

History

Remarks

Fragment was used as quire guard; exact host volume is unknown.

Bibliography

  • Camps, Jean-Baptiste, Godfried Croenen, and Gauthier Grüber, ‘Un nouveau fragment de Garin Le Loherain à La bibliothèque de l’université de Gand (Gen)’, Romania, 142 (2024), pp. 464–72
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