Lancelot du Lac : Part I, sections A and B.

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Title: Lancelot du Lac : Part I, sections A and B.
Published / Created: [14th century]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript, on parchment, in multiple scribal hands, of sections A and B of Part I of the Lancelot series of Arthurian romances. These sections cover Lancelot's birth, upbringing, adventures as a Knight of the Round Table, and passion for Queen Guenevere
Description: In Middle French.
Layout: double columns of 50-53 lines.
Script: gothic (multiple scribes).
Decoration: large historiated initial at the opening of each section; smaller initials in red and blue penwork.
Binding: early nineteenth-century? red silk velvet binding; gilt decoration on spine. Gilt leather spine tag: Lancelot du Lac. M S.
Provenance: Formerly owned by the Duc de la Vallière. Formerly owned by John Louis Goldsmid. Formerly owned by Edward Vernon Utterson. Formerly owned by Richard Heber. Phillipps MS 8230. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 354 leaves : 325 mm x 200 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval France 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Lancelot (Legendary character)
Subject (Topic): Arthurian romances
French literature
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Lancelot (Prose romance)
Arthurian romances > Early works to 1800
French literature > To 1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Lancelot (Legendary character)
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Goldsmid, John Louis > Ownership
Heber, Richard, 1773-1833 > Ownership
La Vallière, Louis César de la Baume Le Blanc, duc de, 1708-1780 > Ownership
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 > Ownership
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
Utterson, Edward Vernon, 1775 or 1776-1856 > Ownership

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Citation: Lancelot du Lac: Part I, Sections A and B (Takamiya MS 42). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.