Newberry Library - Lancelot du Lac (in prose)

Title Lancelot du Lac (in prose)

Date 1300

Language French

Subjects Arthurian romances, Lancelot (Legendary character)

Description Manuscript codex.
Title from printed catalog.
Collation: Parchment, fol. 354; 1-15⁸ 16⁸(-8) 17-30⁸ 31⁶ 32-36⁸ 37⁶ 38-43⁸ 44¹⁰.
Layout: fol. 1-48 and 128-354 in 40 lines in two columns, fol. 49-126 in 34 lines in two columns, fol. 127 irregularly ruled indicating that fol. 49-127 were written to fill in for folios lost from a preexisting manuscript; ruled in plummet; prickings visible on inner margins of fol. 49-127.
Script: Written by two scribes: fol. 1-48 and 128-354 in an early gothic textualis media, irregular word separation; fol. 49-127 in a later and more angular gothic textualis with increased fusion; guides to rubricator present in the earlier portion only.
1. Decoration: Miniatures in the style of Paris, 11 lines high, all on folios copied by the first hand: fol. 1r: the two kings and their wives (severely damaged); fol. 200r: Galahad with Lancelot behind him in armor on horseback riding through trees on a gold background; fol. 292r: Méléagant's sister in a boat approaches Lancelot, watching from a tower.
2. Decoration: Initials: alternating blue and red flourished initials throughout; those on fol. 49-127 frequently have penned representations of human faces and foliage.
Sewing holes visible around miniatures and initials, evidence of previously attached protective silk curtains.
Origin: Written in France, probably in Paris, ca. 1300; fol. 1-48 and 128-354 perhaps somewhat earlier.

Extent 354 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; trimmed to 200 x 280 (211-225 x 148-150) mm

Format Armorial bookplates (Provenance), Illuminated manuscripts, Manuscripts (Documents), Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Morocco bindings (Binding), Romances, Textura (Gothic script)

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number PQ1489.L2

BibID 869185

Size 3916px × 5504px 61.71 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

File Created 07/31/2015

Filename 998691858805867_VAULT_folio_Case_MS_21_FP_015_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL122MNN

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