Lancelot du lac

Lancelot (Prose romance)

1275/1300

France--Ile-de-France?

Paris?

48° 51′ 24″ N, 2° 21′ 03″ E

Manuscript book

Old French, 842-1399

Narrative

Fol. 292r-293r of 354 leaves (31-40 lines, 2 columns): vellum; 20 x 28 cm (trimmed)

Early gothic textualis

Blue and red pen-flourished initials; Miniature, fol. 292r: Méléagant's sister in a boat approaches Lancelot, watching from the tower

Art and Culture

Arthurian romances--Manuscripts
Lancelot (Prose romance)

Red morocco binding made for the duke of La Vallière, 18th-century

The Newberry Library

Newberry VAULT folio Case MS 21

Malet de Graville, Louis, 1438-1516, former owner
Graville, Anne de, c.1490-c.1543, former owner
Urfé, Claude d', 1501-558, former owner
La Vallière, Louis César de la Baume Le Blanc, duc de, 1708-1780, former owner
Crevenna, Pietro Antonio, d.1792, former owner
Folliot George, former owner
Quaritch, Bernard, former owner
Purchased by the Newberry from B. Quaritch in 1939

The Newberry Library

Introductory

Before 1400