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Add MS 10294, f 1
- Record Id:
- 041-002432451
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002108086
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000029458.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 10294, f 1
- Title:
- The beginning of La Queste del Saint Graal,
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
Recto and verso of the first folio of La Queste del Saint Graal containing the first miniature of the cycle and the opening section of the text, incipit, 'A la veille de Pentecoste', explicit, 'Mesire G[awain] fait Lanceles facies q[ue] ceste espee v[ous]'.
Decoration:
1 large miniature in colours on a gold ground of Arthur's court seated at table, within rose, blue, green and red borders with penwork decoration in white, framed in gold, above a historiated initial in rose and red on a gold, blue and rose ground with penwork decoration in white. Full bar border in gold, blue and rose with hybrid creatures, animals and human figures. Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour and pen-flourished partial borders in blue and red extending the length of the page along the edge of each column.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002108086
040-002108089
041-002432451 - Is part of:
- Add MS 10292-10294/1 : Lancelot-Grail (The Prose Vulgate Cycle)
Add MS 10294 : Lancelot-Grail (The Prose Vulgate Cycle)
Add MS 10294, f 1 : The beginning of La Queste del Saint Graal, - Hierarchy:
- 032-002108086[0003]/040-002108089[0002]/041-002432451
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 10292-10294/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of a parchment codex, 1 folio
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_10294 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1316
- End Date:
- 1316
- Date Range:
- 1316
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)