Tristan de Thomas — 12th century, late or 13th century, beginning; French or English (?)
MS. Fr. d. 16
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Tristan de Thomas — 12th century, late or 13th century, beginning; French or English (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Fr. d. 16
Associated place
Meladio
Place of origin
French or English (?)
Date
12th century, late or 13th century, beginning
Language
Anglo-Norman
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii (modern paper) + i (post-medieval parchment) + i (post-medieval parchment) + 14 + i (post-medieval parchment) + ii (modern paper) + i (medieval parchment) + ii (modern paper)
Hands
Gothic
Decoration
Good historiated initial (damaged). fol. 10r initial E Seated figure (Yseut), playing harp (damaged).
Good other initials in red, blue and green.
Binding
Modern binding of black leather over pasteboards, signed on the lower turn-ins 'BOUND BY WOOD. LONDON' and 'RESTORED BY C&D.; LAMACRAFT, FORTIS GREEN N.2'; the spine lettered in gilt 'TRISTAN | ET | LA BELLE | YSOLT || 13.TH CENT.; boxed
Provenance
M. L. Canonici, his sale, Sotheby's 25 June 1836, lot 260, bought by ?? (not legible in microfilm copy of auctioneer's annotated catalogue) for £8
Walter Sneyd
Sotheby's, 23 April 1934, lot 133.
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