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Language French, Old Level [33] SubFonds

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 32125, ff 1-58
Title:: Wace, Roman de Brut; Description of England
Scope & Content:: This part contains 2 texts: ff. 1r-58r, Wace, Roman de Brut in Anglo-Norman verse. Incipit (f. 1r): 'Ky vot oyr e wot saver / De rey en rey e de eir en eir / ke cil furent e dunt vindrent / ke engleterre primes tindrent'. Numerous leaves are missing between ff. 48 and 49, with the loss of line...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Old
Date Range:: 1275-1300
Extent:: Part of a parchment codex, 58 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 32125, ff 59-245
Title:: Estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 59r-205v); Robert de Boron, Merlin (ff. 206r-245v).
Scope & Content:: This part contains 2 texts: ff. 59r-205v, Estoire del Saint Graal (part of the 'Vulgate' cycle, see Sommers 1909), in Old French prose. Rubric in red ('Ici comence...') has been mostly cut away in binding. Incipit of the prologue (f. 59r): 'Cil qui la hautesce e la seignurie de si haute estori...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Old
Date Range:: 1300-1325
Extent:: Part of a parchment codex, 177 folios.

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