BnF Français 25516


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

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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.
It contains four romances:
  1. Bevis of Hampton ; 22 miniatures
  2. Elie de Saint Gille ; 6 miniatures
  3. Aiol and Mirabel ; 11 miniatures
  4. Robert the Devil ; 11 miniatures

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