BnF Français 25516

BnF Français 25516 is a late-13th century^[1] illuminated manuscript held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Content

Incipit, miniature and first four lines of Aiol and Mirabel, fol. 96r.

The quarto manuscript has 209 folios, with Old French text written in two columns in a small 13th-c hand. It is heavily illuminated, and the illuminations are accompanied by explanatory rubrics. Large initials are found at the beginnings of chapters and other significant passages; the usual small initials are done alternately in red and blue.^[2] It contains four romances:

1. Bevis of Hampton (1–75); 22 miniatures
2. Elie de Saint Gille (76–95); 6 miniatures
3. Aiol and Mirabel (96–173); 11 miniatures
4. Robert the Devil (174–209); 11 miniatures

Notes

1. On Gallica, under 'detailed information', the manuscript date is given as 1275-90. See 'i' tab on left-hand side.
2. Förster 1.

Bibliography

• Förster, Wendelin (1876–1882). Aiol et Mirabel und Elie de Saint Gille: Zwei Altfranzösische Heldengedichte.

Gallery

• 
  Bevis of Hampton,
  fol. 1v.
• 
  Elie de Saint-Gilles,
  fol. 84r.
• 
  Elie de Saint-Gilles,
  fol. 95r.
• 
  Aiol and Mirabel,
  fol. 133v.
• 
  Robert le diable,
  fol. 174r.

External links

• Français 25516 at Bibliothèque nationale de France
• BnF Français 25516 on Archives de littérature du moyen âge. Laurent Brun, updated May 2, 2018.