Roman d'Alexandre
Manuscript Information
Title of manuscript: Roman d'Alexandre MS call number (and folio selected): Ms 78 C1 Folio 9vCurrent location: Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett
Place of creation: Therouanne, Saint-Omer
Date of creation: 1290s
Codicology and Paleography
Language(s) of text: FrenchScript: Textra
Abbreviations: Yes
Textual corrections
Contemporary: No
Later: No
Marginal commentary
Contemporary: No
Later: No
Rubrication: Yes for 6 lines. The Rubrication details what the miniature shows.
Instructions for scribe: No
Instructions for rubricator and/or artist: No
Provenance
Marks of ownership: NoPrevious owners: Either the Bishop of Noyan or the Bishop of Fouilloy. After that Alexander Douglas-Hamilton bought it from a Parisian Bookseller. It was later sold it to Alexander Dückers who brought it to the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin.
Mise en page
Columns: 2Lines per column: 30
Decoration (in hierarchical order)
Gilding: YesSmall ink initials:
Pen-flourished initials: Yes, flourish extends 18 lines and goes across an entire column. The pen-flourish is inked in blue.
Painted initials: no
Gold initials: Yes, the letter in the pen-flourished initial is gold.
Zoomorphic initials:
Anthropomorphic initials: No
Historiated initials: No
Miniatures: Yes, from lines 19-30 it extends both columns. It depicts the Banquet of King Philip of Macedonia. Nectanebus, as a dragon, kisses the queen. It includes gilding and oxidized silver on the plates and utensils. The dragon extends outside the border of the miniature into the margin.
Marginal Illustrations: No
Full page illustration: No
Other Information
Further Readings
Morrison, Elizabeth, et al. Imagining the Past in France: History in Manuscript Painting, 1250-1500. Pages 114-116. J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010.
“L'ystoire Du Roi Alexandre: HS 78 C Des Kupferstichkabinetts Berlin.” L'ystoire Du Roi Alexandre: HS 78 C Des Kupferstichkabinetts Berlin, by Angelica Rieger, Muller & Schindler, 2002, p. 125.
Pérez-Simon, Maud. Mise En Roman Et Mise En Image Les Manuscrits Du Roman D'Alexandre En Prose. Pour Une Stylistique De La Traduction.Pages 125-127 Honore Champion, 2015.
Ross, David John Athole. Alexander Historiatus: a Guide to Medieval Illustrated Alexander Literature. Pages 56-57. Athenäum, 1988.
Ross, David John Athole., et al. The Medieval Alexander Legend and Romance Epic: Essays in Honour of David J.A. Ross. pages 193-201. Kraus International Publication, 1982.
Stones, Alison. “Scriptorium.” The Roman D'Alexandre in French Prose, vol. 56, 2002, pp. 345–356.
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