MS. Holkham misc. 43
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Contents
1. (fols. 1r–)
, Poem on the instruction of a young knight Incipit: Lautre iour mon chimin aloie
(part pr. by A. Piaget, Romania, 26 (1897), pp. 396–411). Language(s): Middle French
2. (fols. 38r–)
, Demandes pour la jouste Rubric: Ce sont les demandes pour la iouste que ie Gieffroi de Charni fais haut et puissant prince des chevaliers nostre dame de la noble maison a estre iugies par vous et les chevaliers de vostre noble compaignie
Incipit: Une emprise de iouste est criee
Language(s): Middle French
3. (fols. 48r–)
, Demandes pour le tournoi Rubric: Ce sont les demandes pour le tournoi etc.
Incipit: Se uns riches hons recient uns baneres
Language(s): Middle French
4. (fols. 54r–)
, Demandes pour la guerre Rubric: Ce sont les demandes pour la guerre etc.
Incipit: Uns sires a tout son ost
Language(s): Middle French
Physical Description
Secundo Folio: que il
Form: codex
Support: Parchment (fols. 1–45) and paper (fols. 46–80). Watermark: two circles, cf. Briquet 3141.
Extent: ii (modern paper) + 80 + ii (modern paper)
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (ruled): 160–5 × 85–90 mm.
Foliation: Modern pencil: i-ii, 1–82.
Collation
1(8) (wants 1), 2(8)-4(8), 5(8) (7 and 8 canc.), 6(8), 7(4)-9(4), 10(6), 11(4) (1 canc.), 12(4)-14(4)
Layout
27 written lines, in 1 column
Hand(s)
Gothic bookhand.
Decoration
Initial with the arms of Charnay: gules, three escutcheons [argent] (fol. 1r); other smaller initials contain similar shields.
Red initials, some with penwork flourishes
Binding
Holkham binding of dark red straight-grained morocco; the spine lettered in gilt 'CHEVALERIE | DE | CHARNIE || M.S. | SÆC. XIIII'.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Inscribed, 15th and 17th centuries, with phrases in French (fol. 17r, 15v respectively).
Bookplate of 'THOMAS WILLIAM COKE', formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 705.
Record Sources
Draft description by Peter Kidd, late 1990s
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.