Item Summary

Contains two fragements of L'estoire de Merlin: chapter 3, paragraphs 38:17-42:18 and chapter 4, paragraphs 55:43-61:20.

Descriptive Information

Title
[L'estoire de Merlin].
Call Number
Princeton MS. 106
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcw0892q66d
Publisher
[France], [between 1250 and 1300]
Language
Old French
Date Created
1250-1300
Format
Manuscript
Extent
2 leaves : parchment ; 303-307 x 205-210 (265-290 x 190) mm.
Provenance
Unknown early and intermediate provenance. The two leaves were reused as pastedowns in the 17th century. The 17th-century annotator wrote 69 lines on the front pastedown (fol. 2v) and 16 lines on the back pastedown (fol. 1v). After being removed from the binding as fragments, the two leaves appear to have been bound using linen tape. Robert H. Taylor, of Princeton, N.J., Class of 1930, purchased the leaves from Hamill & Barker and donated them to the Princeton University Library in 1968 (Acc. no. AM 19496).
Source Acquisition
Gift; Robert H. Taylor, 1968.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, page 333.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Beginning: "... soient toutes voires, il firent au cors faire ce quil durent. Merlin qui ceste chose sot vint a vter quil amoit moult si li dit de la mort de cest home … dist seigneurs atornes uous por cheuauchier ..."
Ms. leaves.
Title from print catalog.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. ii.
Layout: 56 and 50 lines per page in two columns ; ruled.
Description: Rubricated.
Binding Note
Unbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Merlin (Legendary character)—Romances—Early works to 1800
Arthurian romances—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, French—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b80b7cbd-3c44-4342-9e0f-d5711a7cc007/manifest