Country of Location: | Country of Location Switzerland |
Location: | Location Genève |
Library / Collection: | Library / Collection Bibliothèque de Genève |
Shelfmark: | Shelfmark Ms. fr. 189 |
Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Tristan in Prose |
Caption: | Caption Parchment · (I-III) + 247 + (IV-VI) ff. · 45.5 x 34 cm · ca. 1470 |
Language: | Language French |
Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary Tristan in Prose is a 13th century prose romance of which a multitude of copies were made over the course of the medieval period. This work of knightly character is strongly influenced by the Lancelot en prose, which was written at the end of the first quarter of the 13th century. In this collection, which refer to the myths of Tristan and Arthur, Tristan is portrayed as the perfect lover and as the perfect knight, who as a Knight of the Round Table participates in the search for the Holy Grail. The Geneva manuscript is incomplete. It ends with the jousting competition between King Arthur and Tristan, in which the latter unseats the King and Yvain from their saddles. The defeated pair then returns to Roche Dure (Volume 3 of the Philippe Menard edition, 1991). At this time there are 82 known manuscripts and manuscript fragments of this work. |
Standard description: | Standard description Notice de Paule Hochuli Dubuis, Bibliothèque de Genève, pour e-codices 2012.Show standard description |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-bge-fr0189 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-bge-fr0189) |
Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bge/fr0189 |
IIIF Manifest URL: | IIIF Manifest URL ![]() |
How to quote: | How to quote Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 189: Tristan in Prose (https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bge/fr0189). |
Online Since: | Online Since 03/22/2012 |
Rights: | Rights Images: ![]() (Concerning all other rights see each manuscript description and our Terms of use) |
Document Type: | Document Type Manuscript |
Century: | Century 15th century |
Decoration: | Decoration Figurative, Fully Painted, Gold / Silver, Initial, Margin, Ornamental, Text Block |
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Die schönsten Seiten der Schweiz. Geistliche und weltliche Handschriften / Trésors enluminés de Suisse. Manuscrits sacrés et profanes, M. Bernasconi Reusser, C. Flüeler, B. Roux (ed.), Cinisello Balsamo (Milano) 2020, 256-257, Nr. 52 (F. Elsig).