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Girart d'Amiens, Escanor

v. 10914-11029, 11752-11868

F-nglb

Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1277

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

General Information

Title Girart d'Amiens, <i>Escanor</i>
Shelfmarks Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1277
Former Shelfmarks Ms. Fragm. 595; Fragment M
Material Parchment
Date of Origin late 13th century (ca. 1300)
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria, one hand.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 192 mm
Page Width 225 mm
Height of Written Area at least 174 mm
Width of Written Area 162 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 72 – 74 mm
Number of Lines 30
Line Height 6 – 7 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

Prickings visible in both margins.

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium (trimmed)
Dimensions 192 x 225 mm
More about the Current Condition

Upper part of bifolium was trimmed away. Fragment was restored in June 2010 and mounted on a paper strip.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

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

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Girart d'Amiens
    • Text Language Old French
    • Title <i>Escanor</i>
    • Content Description
      • 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.

      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>
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition De Reiffenberg, Baron, ‘III. Fragment de poésie romane’, Bulletins de l’académie royale des sciences et belles-lettres de Bruxelles, 10.1 (1843), 58–64
    • Remarks

      Arthurian romance in Old French verse.

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 1843.
Persons and Institutions Barthélémy Dumortier (previous owner); Frédéric de Reiffenberg (previous owner)
Remarks

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 was restored in 2010.

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