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MS. Fr. d. 19

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)

Contents

Rubric: Le livre de Baudoyn conte de Flandres et de Ferrant fils au roy de Portingal

Pr. Chambery, 1485 (G. W.. 3729), and repr. from this edition by C.P.Serrure & A.Voisin, Brussels, 1836. The first quire is dislocated: pp. 5 – 8 should follow p.24.

Language(s): Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper, watermark letter C, of. Briquet 8111.
Extent: 276 pages
Dimensions (leaf): 270 × 180 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 100 mm.

Collation

1(12) (bound up wrongly in order 1, 2, 11, 12, 3 – 10, (see below), 2(12) – 11(12), 12(6), catchwords, quires numbered on the recto of the first leaf

Layout

26 – 29 long lines

Decoration

Plain red initials.

Binding

Modern binding.

History

Origin: 15th century ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

'Ce liure est a d... s[...]e de Saubonne ...'

Bought from Kraus, 1937.

Record Sources

Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.