Lancelot du Lac (in prose) (DS18148) (Q74137)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Newberry Library (998691858805867, VAULT folio Case MS 21, https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma998691858805867)
- Lancelot (Prose romance)
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| English | Lancelot du Lac (in prose) (DS18148) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Newberry Library (998691858805867, VAULT folio Case MS 21, https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma998691858805867) |
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14 February 2025
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Lancelot (Prose romance)
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Graville, Anne de, approximately 1490-approximately 1543
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Urfé, Claude d', 1501-1558
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La Vallière, Louis César de la Baume Le Blanc, duc de, 1708-1780
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Crevenna, Pietro Antonio, known also as Bolongaro-Crevenna, d.1792
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Folliott, George
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Lancelot (Legendary character)--Romances
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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approximately 1300
14. century
1300Gregorian
1300Gregorian
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Extent: 354 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; trimmed to 200 x 280 (211-225 x 148-150) mm
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Manuscript codex.
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Title from printed catalog.
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Collation: Parchment, fol. 354; 1-158 168(-8) 17-308 316 32-368 376 38-438 4410.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2. Decoration: Initials: alternating blue and red flourished initials throughout; those on fol. 49-127 frequently have penned representations of human faces and foliage.
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Sewing holes visible around miniatures and initials, evidence of previously attached protective silk curtains.
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Origin: Written in France, probably in Paris, ca. 1300; fol. 1-48 and 128-354 perhaps somewhat earlier.
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Formerly in the library of Anne de Graville.
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Former owner: Claude d'Urfé.
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Purchased for 31 france, 10 sous by Tilliard for Pierre-Antonine Bolongaro-Crevenna.
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Armorial bookplate of George Folliott.
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16 April 2026
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