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

Content

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

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.