BnF Français 25516

BnF Français 25516 is an early-13th c. illuminated manuscript held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Content

The quarto manuscript has 209 pages, with Old-French text written in two columns in a small 13th-c hand. It is heavily illuminated, and the illuminations are accompanied by explanatory rubrics. Large initials are found at the beginnings of chapters and other significant passages; the usual small initials are done alternately in red and blue.[1] It contains four romances:

  1. Bevis of Hampton (1-75); 22 miniatures
  2. Elie de Saint-Gilles (76-95); 6 miniatures
  3. Aiol and Mirabel (96-173); 11 miniatures
  4. Robert the Devil (174-209); 11 miniatures

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Förster 1.

Bibliography

  • Förster, Wendelin (1876–1882). Aiol et Mirabel und Elie de Saint Gille: Zwei Altfranzösische Heldengedichte.
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