ff. i + iii + 380 - Old vellum; red leather title-label, "Manuscrit precieux de 1133." - Pierre Philippe Constant Lammens (1762-1836); Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), his n. 1279; acquired by the Bancroft Library UC Berkeley from Sotheby's (28 November 1967, lot 93). Previous call number f2MS PQ1475 G69.
Title
BANC MS UCB 107
Published
France
Full Collection Name
Digital Scriptorium
Type
Image
Language
Latin French
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Century: 13th
Contents
Part 1: ff. i-iii
Description: - Parchment - 298 x 203 mm
Country: France
Assigned Date: s. XIII/XIV
Dated by scribe: No
Document: No
Number of Scribes: 1
Script: Gothic.
Figurative Decoration: 16 roundels decorated with gold with signs of the zodiac and depictions of monthly occupations.
Other Decoration: Painted initials decorated with gold on squared grounds of blue and red; calendar entries in red, blue, and brown.
Notes: Calendar not originally part of this manuscript but contemporary with it.
Text 1: ff. i-iii
Title: Calendar
Language(s): Latin
Notes: Some calendar entries in French. French poem in three stanzas, each ending with the line "du bon Briant de France conestable," added in a 14th century hand to the verso of f. iii.
Image 1: f. ii verso September-October, monthly occupations; zodiac signs
Image 2: f. iii November-December, monthly occupations; zodiac signs.
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Part 2: ff. 1-382v
Description: - Parchment - 298 x 203 mm - 2 columns of 44-46 lines ruled in hard point and lead.
Country: France
Cardinal point: northern
Assigned Date: s. XIII/XIV
Dated by scribe: No
Document: No
Number of Scribes: 1
Script: Gothic.
Figurative Decoration: 5 groups of miniatures on backgrounds of either burnished gold or white-patterned blue or red.
Other Decoration: Numerous 4- to 7-line initials in gold or with gold decoration on painted, white-patterned grounds, occasionally inhabited but usually with geometric or foliate infillings; 2-line initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in other color.
Notes: Foliated 1-382 but missing ff. 2 and 22; contemporary foliation in roman numerals, upper right margin.
Text 1: ff. 1-382v
Title: Lancelot Proper"
Language(s): French
Notes: Manuscript complete but contains only the first two thirds of the romance, sometimes known as La Reine aux grandes douleurs
Status of text: Parts of some leaves torn away.
Image 3: f. 1 Miniature: the Round Table, King Claudas wounded, King Ban's wife and the baby Lancelot, the Lady of the Lake carrying the baby away, the Queen received by the abbess
Image 4: f. 1, detail Miniature: the Round Table, King Claudas wounded, King Ban's wife and the baby Lancelot, the Lady of the Lake carrying the baby away, the Queen received by the abbess
Image 5: f. 3v Painted initial.
Image 6: f. 62 Miniature: Arthur and courtiers riding, Arthur blowing a horn, Lady of the Lake presenting Lancelot to Arthur, Arthur welcoming Lancelot, Lancelot helping wounded knight
Image 7: f. 78v Painted and flourished initials.
Image 8: f. 98v Painted initials.
Image 9: f. 126 Miniature: Arthur riding towards the kneeling Lancelot, Guinevere and attendants waiting for Lancelot, Guinevere and attendants
Image 10: f. 150v Painted and flourished initials.
Image 11: f. 198 Medieval foliation.
Image 12: f. 206 Miniature: Guinevere and the Dame de Malehaut sending off Lancelot and Galehaut, Lancelot and Galehaut riding towards a castle, Lancelot and Galehaut riding with their squires
Image 13: f. 319v Miniature: Lancelot in a cart, Meleagant's stepsister rowing towards Lancelot's prison, Lancelot killing Meleagant
Description: - Parchment - 298 x 203 mm
Country: France
Assigned Date: s. XIII/XIV
Dated by scribe: No
Document: No
Number of Scribes: 1
Script: Gothic.
Figurative Decoration: 16 roundels decorated with gold with signs of the zodiac and depictions of monthly occupations.
Other Decoration: Painted initials decorated with gold on squared grounds of blue and red; calendar entries in red, blue, and brown.
Notes: Calendar not originally part of this manuscript but contemporary with it.
Text 1: ff. i-iii
Title: Calendar
Language(s): Latin
Notes: Some calendar entries in French. French poem in three stanzas, each ending with the line "du bon Briant de France conestable," added in a 14th century hand to the verso of f. iii.
Image 1: f. ii verso September-October, monthly occupations; zodiac signs
Image 2: f. iii November-December, monthly occupations; zodiac signs.
_____________________________________
Part 2: ff. 1-382v
Description: - Parchment - 298 x 203 mm - 2 columns of 44-46 lines ruled in hard point and lead.
Country: France
Cardinal point: northern
Assigned Date: s. XIII/XIV
Dated by scribe: No
Document: No
Number of Scribes: 1
Script: Gothic.
Figurative Decoration: 5 groups of miniatures on backgrounds of either burnished gold or white-patterned blue or red.
Other Decoration: Numerous 4- to 7-line initials in gold or with gold decoration on painted, white-patterned grounds, occasionally inhabited but usually with geometric or foliate infillings; 2-line initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in other color.
Notes: Foliated 1-382 but missing ff. 2 and 22; contemporary foliation in roman numerals, upper right margin.
Text 1: ff. 1-382v
Title: Lancelot Proper"
Language(s): French
Notes: Manuscript complete but contains only the first two thirds of the romance, sometimes known as La Reine aux grandes douleurs
Status of text: Parts of some leaves torn away.
Image 3: f. 1 Miniature: the Round Table, King Claudas wounded, King Ban's wife and the baby Lancelot, the Lady of the Lake carrying the baby away, the Queen received by the abbess
Image 4: f. 1, detail Miniature: the Round Table, King Claudas wounded, King Ban's wife and the baby Lancelot, the Lady of the Lake carrying the baby away, the Queen received by the abbess
Image 5: f. 3v Painted initial.
Image 6: f. 62 Miniature: Arthur and courtiers riding, Arthur blowing a horn, Lady of the Lake presenting Lancelot to Arthur, Arthur welcoming Lancelot, Lancelot helping wounded knight
Image 7: f. 78v Painted and flourished initials.
Image 8: f. 98v Painted initials.
Image 9: f. 126 Miniature: Arthur riding towards the kneeling Lancelot, Guinevere and attendants waiting for Lancelot, Guinevere and attendants
Image 10: f. 150v Painted and flourished initials.
Image 11: f. 198 Medieval foliation.
Image 12: f. 206 Miniature: Guinevere and the Dame de Malehaut sending off Lancelot and Galehaut, Lancelot and Galehaut riding towards a castle, Lancelot and Galehaut riding with their squires
Image 13: f. 319v Miniature: Lancelot in a cart, Meleagant's stepsister rowing towards Lancelot's prison, Lancelot killing Meleagant
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