Untitled French romance

Description

Title: Untitled French romance
Published / Created: 13th century
Publication Place: Northern France
Abstract: Fragment of an unidentified prose romance in French
Description: In French.
Script: copied by a single hand in Northern Gothica Textualis Formata. Red paragraph marks and red heightening of the majuscules.
Fragment of an unidentified prose romance in French about a king (Alexander?) travelling with his army in the East and meeting with Jewish culture.
Binding: the leaves have been folded parallel to their short side to be used as a cover for an archival register, f. 3v being at the outer side as appears from the smudging around the fold.
Provenance: Purchased from the collection of Bernard M. Rosenthal.
Extent: ff. 4 : 220 x 135 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Romances
Subjects: Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Romances
France > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Untitled French Romance. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.