2r: King Ban of Benoic's steward surrendering his castle to Claudas.f. Instructions to rubricators at the bottom of pages, partially erased (e.g., f. Rubrics in red added above each miniature (except ff. Numerous initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour and pen-flourished partial borders in blue and red extending the length of the page along the edge of each column. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with pen-flourishing. 32v), each above an initial in gold on a blue and rose ground with penwork decoration in white. Additional MS 10292, Additional MS 10293, Additional MS10294 and Additional MS10294/1 were formerly part of the same volume.Decoration: 436 miniatures in colours on gold grounds, within pink, blue and red borders with penwork decoration in white, some framed in silver (to f. 254r-383v: The adventures of Agravain and the other knights, and the early life of Galahad, beginning ‘Chi endroit dist li contes que quant Agrevains se fu parties de sez compaignons…’ (Sommer, vol. 180v), which retells the Chrétien de Troyes’ story of Lancelot’s rescue of Guinevere from the evil fairy Meleagant, incipit, ‘En cheste partie dist li contes que Galehot se partie de la cort le roy artu', explicit 'et retorne a parler de son frere Agravain' (Sommer, vol. 129r-254r: The journey to Sorelois and the Conte de la Charrete (beginning on f.

Ore v apparellies car v vienres avoekes moi', explicit, 'le roi et sa cpaignie sen sont ale par petites iornees en btaigne' (Sommer, vol.

2r-129r: Lancelot’s birth, education, and arrival at Camelot the deeds of Arthur’s knights from the second folio, incipit, 'apparisans. This part of the cycle is sometimes known as the Lancelot-propre or Lancelot du Lac, as it deals mainly with the courtly exploits of Lancelot :ff. Contents: The prose Lancelot-Grail continued (Sommer, Vulgate Version (1909-1916), vols III-V).

Lancelot by Chrétien de Troyes