Lancelot de Lac, la Queste del saint Graal — 14th century, second quarter; French

Title

Lancelot de Lac, la Queste del saint Graal — 14th century, second quarter; French

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 199

Date

14th century, second quarter

Language

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

iv + 325 leaves

Decoration

Good miniatures, some defaced, by two different hands

Good borders.

Good initials.

Binding

Red velvet for Francis Douce.

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Provenance

Erased coat of arms, fol. 1.

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Title

Part of the French prose Romance of Lancelot du Lac, comprising the second part of the Romance proper

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 199

Summary

Beg. 'Ici commence li contes a parler dagrauain le bon chevalier. Ci endroit dit li contes que quant Agrauains se fu de ses compegnons partis'), and (fol. 300) the third part or Quest of the Holy Grail beg. '... commence ici endroit listoire del Saint Graal & dit en itele maniere. A la ueille de Pentecoste quant li compeignen de la Table Ronde') as far as 'si trouue li hermites' in the episode of Gawain and the hermit: the MS. was left unfinished. The work is here, as usual, attributed to Walter Mape.

Date

written in the 14th cent.

Language

French

Physical facet

On parchment, with miniatures, illuminated capitals, etc., binding: red velvet

Physical extent

325 Leaves