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<i>Pb</i> PARIS, BIBL. NAT., F. FR. 924
Late 15th c.; paper and parchment (sheet 1/18); 2 0; 275*190 (200*100); 282
ff.; 21-4 lines; collation 1 18: 2 8: 3 14 (last canc.): 4 12 (last canc.): 5
20: 6 20 (first canc.): 7 22: 8 14, 9 14 (last canc.): 10 16: 11 18 (first
canc.): 12 14, 13 12, 14 24 (first canc.): 15 8: 16 8: 17 6: 18 4: 19 16 (first
canc.): 20 10: 21 14 (first, and last three canc.; new leaf inserted at end);
catchwords in items copied on more than one quire; decorated border and
initial, space for miniature at beginning of first item; capitals in red.
<i>Water-marks</i>
(a) A barred 'P', surmounted by a fleuron and cross; 70 mm long, between
chain-lines 33 mm apart.  Briquet 8693 (1475).
(b) A unicorn 90 mm long over-all, across chain-lines 33 mm apart.  Briquet
9994 (1467-70) is similar.
(c) A coat of arms (quarterly, 1 and 4, a fleur-de-lys; 2 and 3, a dolphin)
crowned, 63 mm long, fixed to chain-lines 37 mm apart.  Very like Briquet 1655
(1477-93).
(d) A pot surmounted by a cross, 80 mm long; chain-lines 33 mm apart.  Very
like Briquet 12482 (1474-80).
(e) An unidentified mark, perhaps a balance or a weather-vane, 30 mm long and
fixed to a chain-line; lines 23 mm apart.

There is the following inscription on fol. 1r: 'Ce present livre appartient A
me Jaques Thiboust Notaire et secretaire du roy Esleu en Berry et sr de
Quantilly . . . '; a similar inscription is on fol. 282v.
<i>Pb</i> has been extensively corrected, especially the texts of items 1, 21,
and 22; the titles of many works have been either added or expanded.  Paulin
Paris suggested that these corrections and additions might be in the hand of
Alain Chartier himself.  The corrections were later examined by Arthur Piaget,
who showed that they were the work of Jacques Thiboust; the titles, in
particular, had been taken from an early collected edition.

1. Ff. 1r-17v (quire 1), (<i>Le livre de la belle dame sans mercy</i>).
800 lines.  Complete.  Text with headings.
4. Ff. 40r-43v (begins quire 4), <i>La complainte et regretz maistre alain
chartier (Contre la Mort qui luy a tollu sa maistresse).
180 lines. Lacks lines 26, 78, 103, 114.
5. Ff. 43v-44r, <i>Coppie des lectres envoiees par les dames a maistre alain
chartier</i>.
6. Ff. 44r-45v, <i>Coppie de la requeste baillee aux dames</i>.
7. Ff. 45v-50v (ends quire 4), <i>Responce sur ladicte requeste par l'acteur
baillee aux dames<i/>.
Fol. 46r, (<i>La Response baillee aux dames Par me alain chartier</i>.
240 lines.  Complete.
14. Ff. 172r-197v (quires 12-13), <i>Le debat des deux fortunez en amours
(Autrement dict le Gras et le maigre</i>).
Fol 197v, <i>Explicit le debat des deux fortunez en amours autrement dit le
gras et le maigre</i>.
1235 lines.  Lacks lines 97-100, 635, 653, 909.
17. Ff. 229r-236v (quire 16), <i>Reveille matin</i>.
368 lines.  Complete.  Lines 316-17 are inverted.  Sheet 230/235 has been
wrongly inserted, giving the order of stanzas: I-VI, XXXVII-XLII, XIII-XXXVI,
VII-XII, XLIII-XLVI.
18. Ff. 237r-242r (quire 17), <i>Le lay de paix</i>.
Fol. 242r, <i>Explicit le lay de paix</i>.
274=275 lines.  Lacks lines 15, 44, 111, 120, 128-9, 150, 155, 225, 267. 
Includes line 156a.  Lines 101-2 are written as one line.
19. Ff. 243r-246v (quire 18), <i>Le lay de plaisance</i>.
Fol. 246v, <i>Explicit le lay de plaisance</i>.
188=190 lines.  Lacks lines 38, 54, 63, 114-16.  Lines 82-3 are inverted; lines
51-2 and 61-2 written as one line.
21. Ff. 262r-271v (quire 20), <i>Le breviaire des Nobles</i>.
443 plus 4 lines.  Lacks lines 315-17.
22. Ff. 272r-282v (quire 21), <i>Le Curial maistre Alain.  (Le Curial ou
Courtisan de maistre Alain Chartier quand il vivoit Notere et Secretere du roy)
</i>.
Fol. 282v, (<i>Explicit le curial de me Alain chartier en son vivant notere et
secretere du roy Charles vij me de ce nom)</i>.
Fol. 282 has been inserted and is entirely in the hand of Jacques Thiboust.

The imitations of the <i>Belle Dame sans Mercy</i> in <i>Pb</i> were discussed
by Piaget.  <i>Pb</i> was included in the bibliographies of the <i>Debat des
Deux Fortun&eacute;s d'Amours</i>, the <i>Belle Dame sans Mercy</i> and the
<i>Breviaire des Nobles</i>.
<i>Pb</i>, which was used in the edition of each of the four poems, was found
to be linked to <i>Ff</i>, so far as the <i>Lay de Paix</i> is concerned. 
Elsewhere it closely resembles <i>Qh</i> and <i>Qk</i>; the three manuscripts
are laid out in similar fashion and were probably copied in the same
scriptorium.  They contain a large number of readings peculiar to themselves
and not a few irregular lines.  Many of the works which they contain are
incomplete.

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