| Summary: | Description: LANCELOT DU LAC: the first portion of the first part of the prose romance (corresponding to Sommer, Vulgate Text of the Arthurian Romances, volume iii, 1910), see Ward, Cat. of Romances, i, pages 353. Cf. 19 C. XLII, above Beg. 'En la marche de Gaule e de la petite Bretaigne-; ends 'e li rois et sa compaignie furent en Bretaine. Si se repose aitant li contes ici endroit'. Vellum; following i + 206. 133/4 in. x 9 inches Early XIV century Gatherings of 8 leaves (last6), with catchwords. Double columns of 42 lines. Sec. folio 'mais il auoit'. Flourished initials in red and blue. Scribbling on f. 1 includes the name Franceys de Brachechen. One of the MSS. (19 B. VII, 19 C. XIII, 20 B. VIII, 20 C. VI, 20 D. III, 20 D. IV) is numbers 99 of the Richmond Palace inventory of 1535 (see under 15 D. I); compare cat. of 1666, f. 11 b; not in CMA.
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