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Detailed record for Egerton 2515
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| Author |
Hue de Rotelande |
| Title |
Ipomedon (ff. 3-70v, begins imperfectly); Prothesilaus (ff. 70v-141); Romance of Lancelot (ff. 142-195, ends imperfectly) |
| Origin |
England |
| Date |
1st half of the 14th century |
| Language |
French |
| Script |
Gothic cursive |
| Scribe |
Johan de Dorkingge |
| Decoration |
1 large historiated initial with foliate partial borders, in colours and gold (f. 70v). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 142). Large and small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. |
| Dimensions in mm |
265 x 175 (235 x 150) in two columns |
| Official foliation |
ff. 197 (+ 5 paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 4 at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. Rebound in 1968. |
| Provenance |
Inscription at the end of the Ipomedon '... Johan de Dorkingge ...' (f. 70v).
Philippa Leman, 18th century: inscribed with her name (f. 1).
Bought by the British Museum from B. Quaritch, 8 Mai 1879, using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection (note on 5th flyleaf). |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1876-1881 (London: British Museum, 1882), no. Eg. 2515.
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1929), no. 112.
A. Micha, 'Les Manuscrits du Lancelot en Prose', Romania, 84 (1963), 28-60 (pp. 48-49). |
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f. 70v
Historiated initial |
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