Western Michigan University, WMU MS 191

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6476

Shelfmark:

WMU MS 191

Title:

Fragments from Renaut de Montauban

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

between 1290 and 1310].

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Text in French

French WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 items : parchment ; fragment 1, 355 x 52 mm., fragment 2, 360 x 49 mm.

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. fragments.
Text is not continuous across the fold, indicating that the original bifolium was not the center of its quire. Prickings visible. Holes for the stitching can be seen in the folds of the fragments. The fragments were used as binding material and text is partially unreadable. The first letters of each line are written in capitals, set slightly apart from the line. The text is written in clear...
The fragments were used as spine guards recovered from the binding of a sixteenth-century French printed book belonging to the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies in the Hekman Library at Calvin University. The bookbinder who retained the fragments and gave them to Frans Van Liere in 2016. The fragments were later donated to Western Michigan University Libraries Special Collections.

Keyword:

textura (Gothic script)

Manuscript waste

Chansons de geste

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, French

Renaut de Montauban (Chanson de geste)

Institutional Record:

https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4dvb3u/01WMU_ALMA21366756780002436

IIIF Manifest:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222615~161912/manifest

Holding Institution:

Western Michigan University