Le Reclus de Molliens, Li romans de carité

Laisses XL-XLIII (fol. [1]r); L-LII (fol. [1]v)

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.0712

General Information

Title Le Reclus de Molliens, <i>Li romans de carité</i>
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.0712
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Southern Low Countries
Date of Origin second half of the fourteenth century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height 303 mm
Page Width at least 115 mm
Height of Written Area 240 mm
Width of Written Area at least 200 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 89 mm
Number of Lines 40
Line Height up to 89 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling

Current Condition

Extent 2 strips (reattached)
Dimensions 303 x 115 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fragment consists of two vertical strips from the same leaf that fit together to make one text column. The strips have been reattached and mounted on a paper strip.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

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

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Le Reclus de Molliens
    • Text Language Old French
    • Title Li romans de carité
    • Content Description
      • Fol. [1]r: Laisses XL-XLIII.
      • Fol. [1]v: Laisses L-LII.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Le Reclus de Molliens, Li romans de carité ; Miserere : poèmes de la fin du XIIe siècle, ed. by Anton Gerard van Hamel (Vieweg, 1885) <https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k54320754>, 22-23, 28

Bibliography

  • Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts. Ghent University Library (Snoeck, 2017), p. 191.